Unexplainable

When waves go rogue

Mittwoch, 6. August 2025 · 28 min

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Towering walls of water sometimes appear in the ocean without warning or apparent cause. What drives their terrifying power? (First published in 2023)

Guest: Ton van der Bremer (tudelft.nl/en/staff/t.s.vandenbremer), associate professor of environmental fluid mechanics.

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