Amidst the technicolor tidal pools and glittering rocks of the coast sits what looks to be a bottomless pit into the sea.

Square waves form when two wave systems collide, creating dangerous ocean patterns that threaten boats and swimmers.

Big waves from hurricanes like Irene in 2011 or Superstorm Sandy last October or even nor’easters like one that ...

A team of international scientists co-led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a ...

but could not yet verify in the ocean," Professor Toffoli said. Drawing upon numerical and laboratory studies, which had suggested the role of wind in the formation of rogue waves, the research ...

Charles Darwin first proposed the theory of atoll reef formation. He postulated that ... protect the coast from ocean waves. Eventually, the island completely subsides into the sea, leaving ...

The wave systems meet on the surface and resemble a grid or checkerboard. The strange event was filmed in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey. A video shows concerned fishermen scanning the sea ...

Formation of marine heat waves – depicted here as light blue patch – off the coast of California, as described above. Figure by Sky Smith. When have the most recent marine heat wave events occurred ...