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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. ESR is studying waves? by ACNeal · · Score: 0, Troll

    I thought the write up said ESR was studying waves.

    Maybe he could write a configuration script editor for the waves, and then claim he invented the waves, if no maintainer is ever found, or it ceases to be maintained.

    I could have got really rude about him causing the waves, but thought better of it.