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 seaside erosion.

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