To stand at the edge of an ocean is to face an eternity of waves and water, a shroud covering seven-tenths of the Earth. Hidden below are mountain ranges and canyons that rival anything on land.

The most powerful waves were discovered in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, but the North Atlantic Ocean experienced the highest increase in wave energy over the past 40 years compared ...

In Florida, swaths of coral paint a colorful landscape across the ocean floor and serve a key role in its ecosystem. But last summer, amid the longest marine heat wave in decades, many were ...

Late last year, a massive ocean swell caused by a low pressure system in the North Pacific generated waves up to 20 meters ...

A marine heat wave is a period of unusually high ocean temperatures and is defined by its duration ... experiences warmer than usual temperatures in the summer months. Weakened winds mean that the top ...

Waves — generation and types. Waves provide about half the energy to do work at the coast. Ocean waves are generated by wind blowing over the ocean surface. The stronger the wind, the longer it ...