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Researchers Study Coastal Hazards of Increasing Wave Heights, Rising Sea Levels

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 10, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (14) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- While hurricanes Gustav and Ike were pummeling the Gulf Coast with rains and record flooding, researchers at Oregon State University were studying why wave heights in the Pacific Ocean have been increasing ...





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Cause of tsunami wave heights is studied

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 20, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Irish-led scientists have found tsunami wave height is independent of earthquake magnitude and is instead linked to a rupture's vertical displacement.


Satellites Capture Sea Surface Heights Around the World

Satellites Capture Sea Surface Heights Around the World

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- This artist's rendering shows a "family portrait" of Jason-1, Topex/Poseidon, and OSTM/Jason-2, all NASA satellites that collect data about sea surface heights around the world. Sea surface ...


Record wave measured during Hurricane Ivan

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created Aug 05, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis Space Center measured a record-size ocean wave when the eye of Hurricane Ivan passed over the Gulf of Mexico.


Running shipwreck simulations backwards helps identify dangerous waves

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 01, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Big waves in fierce storms have long been the focus of ship designers in simulations testing new vessels.


Google's Wave communications platform testing continues to be private with "a lot of features yet to be done"

Google wants businesses to ride Wave

Technology / Internet

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Google pitched its fledgling Wave communications platform as a way for businesses to turn routine email into collaborative exchanges that ramp up productivity.


Research pinpoints conditions favorable for freak waves

Research pinpoints conditions favorable for freak waves

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stories of ships mysteriously sent to watery graves by sudden, giant waves have long puzzled scientists and sailors. New research by Assistant Professor of Geosciences Tim Janssen suggests ...


NASA's infrared satellite sees warmer cloud tops in Tropical Storm Marty

NASA's infrared satellite sees warmer cloud tops in Tropical Storm Marty

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marty is struggling to hold onto tropical storm status, and things are just going to get worse for him, as he moves into an area with stronger wind shear. Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite ...


Huge waves that hit Reunion Island tracked from space

Huge waves that hit Reunion Island tracked from space

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 16, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The origin and movement of waves reaching up to 11 metres that devastated France's Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean on Saturday evening have been detected with ESA's Envisat satellite.


Height of large waves changes according to month

Technology / Engineering

created May 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of researchers from the University of Cantabria, Spain, has developed a statistical model that makes it possible to study the variability of extreme waves throughout the year, according to the journal Coastal Engineering. The st ...


Caribbean at risk of tsunami

Caribbean at risk of tsunami

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created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Up to 30,000 residents and tourists could be under threat from a newly discovered tsunami risk in the Caribbean, according to experts in disaster risk management.



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