Strong waves from Antarctica are hitting the Pacific coast of the Americas with greater intensity, increasing coastal risks.

Early 2026 has brought renewed scrutiny to how Earth-observing satellites register extreme ocean events. Widely circulated reports have pointed to satellite detections of unusually large Pacific Ocean ...

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 ...

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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 ...

The very fabric of the cosmos is constantly being roiled and rumpled all around us, according to multiple international teams of scientists that have independently found compelling evidence for ...