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Saw other ways of using marine energy this time focusing on the strength of waves. wind generation surface waves tend to be large and strong as high latitudes of the northern and southern hemispheres. in scotland in the 1970 s. scientists developed a series of new mechanisms intended to convert the energy of surface waves into electricity many believe that wave energy converters were on the verge of a breakthrough. to. one such device was called the salters dark named after its inventor stephen salter from edinburgh the duck was tested in wave but never on the open sea. eventually these ideas ...

Gallo, co-leader of the flight for air france 447. and when you look at the miracle on the hudson, just to reiterate, completely unlikely in the indian ocean. >> you know, i thought that at first, as you watch the search go on there are times where it is relatively calm out there. you do have the swells as opposed to the surface waves. i'm not ruling that out still. >> but still, the plane has not been found and no debris has been found. >> that is what makes me think it didn't break up. so if you think about that -- >> but it would still have sunk. >> well, yeah, it would have, of course. exc...

Naval officer david jordan. the news we received today, that search area in the last three or four days, that has been suspended for 24 hours. just talk to me about how weather in general affects ocean searches. >> my expertise is searching under the water. can we go underneath this floor? >> i wish. >> under water, the weather is a different problem. you're mainly concerned about the surface waves. under water, it's nice and quiet. in a hurricane, a submarine is unaffected. >> but those surface vessels are not. we understand today the waves are anywhere from 1 or 2 meters to 3 or 4. can you c...

Slam and sort of compression. as you can see the waves compressing and extending, compressing and extending as they move through earth. >> kind of like pushing a slinky. >> exactly. >> you can feel that -- >> jolt. >> like one jolt. okay. >> that's right. >> then "s." >> they're the next waves to arrive. these have an up-and-down motion, so higher amplitude, more shaking. >> more damage will happen with this. >> exactly. when the surface waves -- both the p wave and the s wave travel through the earth, then we have two sets of waves that travel along the surface of the earth. these cause the m...