Fierce or gentle, ocean waves are all one type
Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 12:20
in Earth & Climate
Watching storm waves crash ashore, it's obvious these monsters are taller than the waves that lap the beach on a calm, sunny day. This seemingly clear dichotomy led geologists to assume there were two types of waves stirring up the shallow seafloor, but now, this decades-old theory has been turned on its head.