A powerful south swell sent a massive wave crashing over oceanfront Kona condos, ripping roof shingles off as stunned ...

Two women died at a Santa Cruz beach last week, and a mother and her toddler daugher were rescued Thursday in San Francisco.

NASA satellites have detected a vast pulse of warm water reaching the coast of South America, signaling that El Niño is ...

For the first time, mighty ocean waves generated in the Southern Ocean have been accurately measured all the way to the tiny ...

It’s official: El Niño is back. By late fall 2026, forecast models give a 2-in-3 chance of a strong-to-very strong El Niño affecting the weather, climate and ocean temperatures across the planet. El ...

Scientists have discovered that ocean waves may become far more extreme and complex than previously imagined. The new study, published in Nature today, reveals that under specific conditions, where ...

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The world Meteorological Organization establishes record oceanic wave heights. The current world record wave height is 62.3 feet measured by a buoy in the North Atlantic Ocean at 6am UTC on February 4 ...

Did you know that at least since the 17 th century, humans have studied how to turn ocean waves into energy? But like with many other renewable energies, it was only after the oil price crisis of 1973 ...

An intense marine heat wave that has fueled record-warm sea surface temperatures in the world’s oceans in recent months could linger well into the fall, according to an experimental forecast produced ...