Designed by scientists at Deltares, a lab in the Netherlands, these artifical waves can reach 5 metres. Scientists are using them to study the properties of waves in order to be able to predict how tsunamis and other natural disasters will behave in real-life scenarios.
Story by Jacob Shamsian and editing by Jeremy Dreyfuss
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