Freak waves pose 'big threat' to North Sea offshore wind

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For a long time they were dismissed as "seamen's yarn". Apparently like out of nowhere, water walls rise up at sea. The damage these Kaventsmen can do is devastating. A study for the German North Sea shows now, quite rarely Freak Waves are not.

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Researchers report unexpectedly many metre-high waves in the German North Sea, for example in front of the island of Norderney. Ships, offshore wind farms and research platforms are at risk.

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So-called monster waves occur more frequently in the North Sea than previously thought. The water masses are dangerous for ships and wind farms. Researchers are therefore working on a warning system using AI.

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Freak waves pose 'big threat' to North Sea offshore wind

German research team trialling machine learning techniques to predict freak waves that can cause ‘enormous damage' to offshore infrastructure