SCIENTISTS are planning to submerge pendulums in the ocean to reduce coastal erosion by absorbing waves. Called the MetaReef project, it is led by a team of scientists from the Italian National Research Council’s Institute of Marine Science. The project involves installing a grid of pendulums tethered to the seafloor....
SCIENTISTS are planning to submerge pendulums in the ocean to reduce coastal erosion by absorbing waves.
Called the MetaReef project, it is led by a team of scientists from the Italian National Research Council’s Institute of Marine Science.
The project involves installing a grid of pendulums tethered to the seafloor.
When ocean waves pass over the pendulums, each resonator begins to oscillate, absorbing wave energy and dampening turbulence, and hopefully reducing erosion.