Scientists finally crack the mystery of rogue waves

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Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t need mysterious forces to form—they emerge when ordinary ocean behaviors like wave alignment and nonlinear stretching converge at the wrong moment.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 172647.htm
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