When an ocean wave falls, the ground shakes. Now, those wobbles are getting bigger. Stormier seas and larger ocean swell in recent decades are pounding Earth’s seafloor with more force, sending ...

The tallest 10% of that ocean’s waves have grown an additional 12 inches, on average, during that same time period. None of this is good news for the coastline. Climate & Environment.

Testing of this prototype in the lab showed that it could draw twice as much power from ocean waves as other point absorber designs, while promising a simpler and cost-effective path forward.

Each year, the waves off the coasts of the United States could provide an estimated 2.64 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

According to the EU climate service Copernicus, 2024 was the warmest year since weather records began, and the summer season ...

3D ocean waves have more complex movements. They form when waves are all coming in from different directions and shoot vertically instead of solely horizontal and then cresting.

In New Zealand, the 2017-2018 ocean heat wave was the first to draw widespread public attention because it led to the country’s hottest month on record in January 2018.

Deep below the surface of the ocean, unseen waves roil and churn the water. These internal waves, traveling between water ...

Here’s what makes the North Sea so treacherous. Videos of the North Sea’s large, eye-popping waves often go viral on TikTok—but people have been navigating these stormy waters for millennia.

Heat waves don’t just strike on land — they can also occur in the ocean. And roughly a third of marine heat waves aren’t detectable at the ocean’s surface, a new study reports.The findings ...

In Europe, the theoretical potential of wave power is even higher and estimated at 2,800 TWh per year. This amount of energy is roughly 107.6% of the global nuclear power production in 2023. Even ...