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14th Sep 2009

What dictates the frequency of the waves?

Diana O'Carroll

Wave

We discover what it is that makes fewer or more waves crash against the shore each minute. Is it the tides, the sun or the number of surfers? Plus, we ask, why do we have finger prints?

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