The wave was recorded by a buoy floating in the remote Southern Ocean, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. It is believed to be the largest ever documented in the southern hemisphere, beating out the ...

Ocean waves are the canaries in Earth’s coal mine, signaling disaster before the worst effects arrive. According to a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications, ocean waves are becoming ...

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 ...

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Most people who have swum in the ocean know that waves are nothing to trifle with, and some pack enormous power. The relentless pounding of waves on shores can cause erosion, and the movement of ocean ...

Waves deep within the ocean play an important role in establishing ocean circulation, arising when tidal currents oscillate over an uneven ocean bottom. The internal waves generated by this process ...

Internal waves moving through layers of ocean water break onshore in predictable ways, according to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. A pair ...

Editor's Note: In this weekly series, LiveScience looks at scientific aspects of the summer season. One of summer's greatest pleasures for the lucky beachgoer is listening to the rhythmic lapping of ...

Ocean waves are a ubiquitous part of coastal landscapes and beach vacations. But have you ever paused to ponder where a wave originates, how far it travels, or why it forms in the first place? A wave ...

Global wave power, which is the transport of the energy transferred from the wind into sea-surface motion, has increased globally by 0.4 percent per year since 1948. (Photo by C. Lagattuta) Sea level ...

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 ...