Debris from an unoccupied North Carolina beach house that collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean on Friday due to winds and waves caused by Hurricane Ernesto. (Cape Hatteras National Seashore/AP) On Friday ...
Monster surf crashed onto Northern California beaches Sunday, sweeping several people out to sea at Bay Area beaches and capsizing multiple sailboats in Santa Cruz harbor where 12 children were ...
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 ...
Sally Warner has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. On Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami ...
A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, revealing two simultaneous wind–wave energy-transfer tricks—slow short waves steal ...
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 ...
It’s something surfers, sailors, and coastal walkers have quietly noticed for centuries: ocean waves often seem to come in a repeating pattern, with every seventh wave standing out as bigger, stronger ...