Most of us know that the moon is to thank for the tides and the wind for shaping the waves, but the credit for these stunning ocean wave photos goes to the photographers who captured them at just ...

There is more to the ocean’s waves than just rolling and ... said in a statement. “But when a wave with a high directional spreading breaks, it can keep growing.” Illustrations of the ...

An ancient 200-metre wave hidden for 70,000 years has been uncovered in Greenland. Satellites finally reveal how it rocked ...

the aim of the study is to understand how waves develop and how winds interact with the ocean in extreme weather conditions. Building on these high-resolution measurements, the researchers used ...

they often occur in the open ocean and during stormy conditions, but also can occur in coastal waters. The technical definition is a wave more than twice as high as the waves around it.

A channel on the Pacific Ocean floor magnifies these waves, which can reach up to 50 feet high. That’s why winter is the time for big-wave surf. On Monday and Tuesday, surfers faced giant ...

Marine heat waves—periods in which the upper water ... which they incorporated into high-resolution ocean models. They identified distinctive characteristics in the large air pressure patterns ...