You are commenting on something that lakeside dwellers have described for a long time: Rain calms choppy waters. When waves are in progress, they are transferring energy horizontally through the water ...

Beaches remind everyone of swimming, surfing, and deep waters, but not everyone goes to the beach for swimming. Many tourists ...

Navigating ocean waves when your main swimming experience has taken place in the calm waters of pools or lakes is a bit like charging over rocky terrain on a mountain bike as a neighborhood ...

Have you ever had the opportunity to sit beside the ocean as the tide makes its incoming turn? When the tide is out, the beach is flat, shiny, wet with gentle waves. When the tide turns and the ocean ...

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A system of upside-down pendulums tethered to the seafloor could significantly reduce the size of waves, helping limit beach erosion. Waves that wear down beaches are often stopped with walls of rocks ...