Satellites captured record-breaking 66-foot waves from a single storm that traveled around Earth, revealing new insights into ...

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm ...

Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along the coast near the 60-ft high Victoria Beach Pirate Tower on a summer day on Sept. 19, 2025 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along ...

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, published ...

We finally know the forces behind an 80-foot-tall wall of water that rocked the North Sea in 1995. By Laura Baisas Published Aug 5, 2025 12:30 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Tsunami means “harbor wave” in Japanese, but they differ from other waves that are generated by the wind or solar system. Tsunami waves move the entire depth of the ocean, down to the floor, which is ...

Sound waves traveling thousands of kilometers through the ocean may help scientists monitor climate change. As greenhouse gas emissions warm the planet, the ocean is absorbing vast amounts of that ...

University of Queensland researchers have created a microscopic "ocean" on a silicon chip to miniaturize the study of wave ...

Converting the power of water into energy is nothing new. Using ocean waves is. The power of the ocean could soon be used to power homes in the U.S. as scientists prepare to test an untapped form of ...

Alessandro Toffoli receives funding from the Australia Research Council. We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue ...