Arriving at a shoreline where the water barely ripples, and the only thing calling for attention is the soft sound of waves is calming. Beaches feel like built-in stress relief, and they’re scattered ...

You are commenting on something that lakeside dwellers have described for a long time: Rain calms choppy waters. When waves are in progress, they are transferring energy horizontally through the water ...

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A system of upside-down pendulums tethered to the seafloor could significantly reduce the size of waves, helping limit beach erosion. Waves that wear down beaches are often stopped with walls of rocks ...