In December 2024, satellites captured an extraordinary phenomenon in the heart of the ocean—waves that soared to nearly 66 ...

Satellite data from the SWOT mission reveals how massive waves act as storm "messengers," carrying a storm's power across ...

Marine heat waves are another example of weather events being supercharged by an overheating planet. To see how much a ...

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a ...

Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles, though they have mostly stopped short of the Pacific ...

The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the world’s oceans, tiny organisms known as phytoplankton harvest the sun’s energy, gobbling up carbon dioxide and ...

The tsunami advisory for the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of California has passed, but “water levels are continuing to fluctuate,” forecasters said. “The ocean remains dynamic and dangerous ...

Hurricane Erin would have the potential to trigger 100-foot waves as it moves across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, according to forecasters. Currently classified as a tropical storm, Erin could ...

Giant ocean waves engulfing tiny boats are the stuff of nightmares—but it turns out rivers also form flood waves that are nothing to sneeze at. That’s according to researchers from Virginia Tech and ...