These types of waves form where a river meets the ocean. Waves break down the sand bars by the mouth of the river or next to ...

A record-shattering Pacific storm in 2024 unleashed waves so massive they were visible from space. In December 2024, a ...

The tidal waves here are huge, thanks to gravity, Earth’s shape, and the bay’s unique form. During high tides, the force is as strong as *8000 locomotives* or *25 million horses*. People come to see ...

Scientists are pretty good at recognizing marine heat waves: A global network of thousands of oceanic buoys and orbiting satellites allow them to see, in real time, ocean surface temperatures, ...

Hawaiʻi avoided the worst impacts of a recent marine heat wave in the North Pacific. But with marine heat waves occurring ...

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 ...

Led by principal investigators Caitlin Whalen, a Scripps Oceanography graduate now at the University of Washington, and Scripps oceanographer Gunnar Voet, and joined by researchers and students from ...

Observation satellites now offer an unprecedented view of ocean movements. They allow for precise tracking of the trajectory ...

The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the world’s oceans, tiny organisms known as phytoplankton harvest the sun’s energy, gobbling up carbon dioxide and ...