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 ...

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 ...

The group focuses on observing and modeling coastal processes including beach evolution, cliff erosion, and nearshore waves. A specialized team of oceanographers, engineers, and graduate students ...

These ripples are waves travelling through the water. Like ocean waves, these ripples are transverse waves because the surface of the water moves up and down, at 90° to the direction that the ...

Waves are a form of energy which in the case of ocean waves, lifts water up as it moves along. Behind the wave it falls and rises again a few times which is why you get more than one ripple from a ...

The major engages students in a wide range of topics of scientific interest and increasing social concern including ocean waves, tides, and circulation, natural climate variability including El Niño, ...

The biggest, baddest waves aren’t born that way ... At least ten people are believed to have died there. The Indian Ocean tsunami ten years ago traveled at speeds reaching 500 miles per hour ...