What are 'internal waves' that possibly sank the Indonesian sub? If you've ever suffered plane turbulence, you've been inside one
- Written by Callum Shakespeare, Senior Lecturer in Climate and Fluid Physics, Australian National University
Ronnie Robertson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SALast week might have been the first time you ever heard of “internal waves” — the phenomenon suspected of causing the tragic sinking of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala the previous week, resulting in the deaths of the 53 crew members.
So it may surprise you to learn that...
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