Sentences with phrase «giant waves cause»

Giant waves cause large - scale movement of particles in brown dwarfs» atmospheres, changing the thickness of the silicate clouds, researchers report in the journal Science.

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These giant waves, caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and underwater landslides, are some of the deadliest natural disasters known; the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed over 230,000 people, a higher death toll than any fire or hurricane.

And although that region was one of Japan's best - prepared for tsunamis, the high sea walls along much of the coast were built to stop waves far smaller than the 13 -15-metre-tall giants that battered the coastline, causing most of the damage and triggering a nuclear crisis.