A towering rogue wave off Vancouver Island didn’t just turn heads—it rewrote the record books. Measured at 17.6 meters, it ...

Calls for “reckless behavior” as large wave engulfs visitors at Tenerife’s Jover Natural Pool, despite red flag warnings for ...

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💡 ...

Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t ...

MARSHALL ISLANDS -- A massive wave hit a U.S. military base in the Marshall Islands, in the heart of the Pacific. The force of the water ripped the doors from their hinges and pushed people out of the ...

On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck—but its ...

The ocean is an intriguing and mysterious place. For every new species of sea creature we find, there are an untold number of others waiting to be discovered. But it isn't just sea life that has kept ...

A size comparison of the "Draupner Wave" to 3 school buses stacked horizontally on top of one another. On New Year’s Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Rogue waves have ...

New research suggests the Bermuda Triangle mystery may have been solved, with modern investigations finding that incidents in the region were explained by environmental hazards, human error, and ...