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

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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 ...

Strain-induced energy harvesting with chromiteen demonstrates its ability to generate electricity from ocean waves, paving ...

Sound waves traveling thousands of kilometers through the ocean may help scientists monitor climate change. As greenhouse gas emissions warm the planet, the ocean is absorbing vast amounts of that ...

For roughly three decades, Grant Washburn has looked out his window each morning and considered the height of the waves crashing against California’s ragged coastline, before dutifully noting the ...

Watching storm waves crash ashore, it's obvious these monsters are taller than the waves that lap the beach on a calm, sunny day. This seemingly clear dichotomy led geologists to assume that there ...

It’s not just global air temperatures that are heating up. Ocean heat waves are happening more frequently and lasting longer, too—a potential major threat to coral reefs and other marine organisms, ...