Some nights feel less like darkness and more like a moving backdrop. In the time-lapse, the night sky above the coastline ...

Traditionally used energy harvesting technologies, like photovoltaic panels or wind turbines, suffer from several limitations. In the absence of daylight and wind, neither of the two can supply any ...

Far out in the North Pacific, with no ship in sight, satellites have confirmed waves towering to about 35 meters high, roughly 115 feet. The event, linked to a powerful storm in December 2024 and ...

Credit: Journal of Paleontology (2025). DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2025.10178 A research team led by scientists at Kumamoto University has discovered a new genus of microscopic crustaceans from northern Japan, ...

The group were at a popular seawater pool when the wave struck, prompting a major rescue operation Four people are dead and one is missing after a powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea ...

The incidents both occurred at Garrapata State Park near Big Sur. A search stretched into its third day on Monday for a U.S. Army soldier who was swept into the Pacific Ocean by a wave at the same ...

The body of a 7-year-old girl who drowned after being swept out to sea near Big Sur, California, has been recovered by authorities. The girl’s 39-year-old father died trying to save her after a large ...

Under a hazy gray sky on the first day of 1995, the Draupner natural gas platform in the North Sea was struck by something that had long been relegated to maritime folklore: an 84-foot wall of water ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...

As Hurricane Melissa grows in the Caribbean, the Category 4 storm can be felt just as much in South Florida. Throughout the weekend, the hurricane has brought rough surf conditions, causing water ...

The National Hurricane Center is currently tracking two waves in the Atlantic Ocean, however both have low chances of forming into named storms. The hurricane center said in an Oct. 17 advisory it is ...

Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles, though they have mostly stopped short of the Pacific Northwest coast. Cool water welling up from the depths is thought to be ...