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When waves go rogue

Unexplainable · Aug 6, 2025 · 28:26

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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, associate professor of environmental fluid mechanics.



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