How to Make a Microcosm of the Ocean - Facts So Romantic
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The FloWave tank performing “party tricks” for a gathering of leaders of the UK marine-renewable-energy sector.FloWaveEvery day on Canada’s Atlantic coast, just northeast of Maine, a gargantuan amount of water rushes through rocky cliffs into and out of the Bay of Fundy. With currents typically reaching speeds of 12 knots, or 20 feet per second, and a height of over 50 feet, the tide there is one of the largest in the world. The conditions are ideal for tidal generators, which could feed steady, reliable green energy into the electricity grid—if engineers can design tidal turbines that successfully harness the power of those turbulent streams.To help meet this challenge, engineers at the University of Edinburgh have constructed the most remarkable wave pool on the planet. The FloWave (...)