A tropical wave on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean had weather watchers talking on Friday. Some are saying it could end ...

New high-resolution laser images show how wind and waves trade energy in two distinct patterns. This breakthrough could sharpen climate and weather predictions.

On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water ...

New research reported in Nature Communications has shown that seismic waves on the ocean floor have been getting stronger in recent decades. The study has suggested that seas are getting stronger and ...

We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue ...

Why are waves getting bigger? Bigger waves are a phenomenon that has been observed all across the world and can be attributed to the warming climate. " Global warming puts increased energy in the ...

Ocean waves, especially in Southern California, come in steady supply. One company is aiming to harness power from those waves with a pilot project at the Port of Los Angeles. About the project ...

During Hurricane Sandy, several ocean buoys measured individual wave heights of over 45 feet (13.7 m). Sea waves don't only break at the shore.

More than a decade since the start of the longest ocean warming event ever recorded, scientists are still working to ...

Tsunamis aren’t just bigger-than-average waves. Triggered by undersea earthquakes or volcanic eruptions like the one in Tonga, they are fast, massive and potentially destructive. Here’s why.