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Natural Sciences · Intermediate
Ocean Waves & Tsunamis
Ocean waves carry energy across thousands of kilometres while the water itself barely moves. Learn how water particles circle as a wave passes, why wave speed depends on depth, how a tsunami a metre high in mid-ocean becomes a wall of water at the coast, why waves bend towards beaches, what makes rogue waves, how swell arrival times pinpoint a storm thousands of kilometres away, and how much power waves carry.
7 lessons~35 min0/7 complete
Start courseHelpful background: Waves & Oscillations
1
How Water Waves Move
Orbits and speeds.
2
Waves Meet the Shore
Shoaling, refraction and extremes.
3
Swell and Power
Energy across oceans.