Underwater pendulums can calm waves and reduce coastal erosion

A system of inverted pendulums hooked up to the seafloor can considerably scale back the scale of the waves, serving to to restrict seashore erosion.

Waves eroding seashores are sometimes stopped by rock partitions constructed parallel to the shore, however these massive constructions are intrusive and troublesome to regulate or transfer, and might entice muddy water or disrupt marine habitats. Paolo Pezzutto On the Italian Nationwide Analysis Council, the Institute of Marine Sciences and colleagues have constructed a prototype…