Underwater pendulums could calm waves and reduce coastal erosion

A system of upside-down pendulums tethered to the seafloor may considerably scale back the dimensions of waves, serving to restrict seashore erosion.

Waves that put on down seashores are sometimes stopped with partitions of rocks constructed parallel to the shore, however these giant buildings are intrusive and laborious to regulate or transfer, and so they can lure muddy water or disrupt marine habitats. Paolo Pezzutto on the Italian Nationwide Analysis Council, Institute of Marine Science and his colleagues constructed a prototype …