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Ship-Sinking Monster Waves Revealed

Posted by michael on from the hatches-battened-aye-aye-sir dept.

vinlud writes "Once dismissed as a nautical myth, freakish ocean waves that rise as tall as ten-storey apartment blocks have been accepted as a leading cause of large ship sinkings. Results from ESA's ERS satellites helped establish the widespread existence of these 'rogue' waves and are now being used to study their origins. ESA writes about it in a story. More information about this phenomena at the website of Karsten Trulsen, Associate Professor at the University of Oslo."

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  1. First post by bungeejumper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I got first post !

    1. Re:First post by ImaNumber · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      That's weird...the article was in the "older articles" but not on the main page even though it was just posted...

  2. Re:First post - Must be the new slashdot changes.. by bungeejumper · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It was a little strange...I thought the webpage download was interrupted...I'd never seen an article page that short before ! I guess I got modded down to score 0 because of my very short reply. Must be the new slashdot changes...someone file a bug !