The Drake Passage, located between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula, is known for being one ...

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 ...

But very large storms with high, sustained winds can generate waves with periods of more than 20 seconds. These waves travel ...

Kite surfing competitions occur year-round, with two of the most influential events being the Kite Surf World Cup and the Freestyle Kiteboarding Tour. Each year, these competitions attract top ...

Ocean waves, particularly long-period swells ... times in its 40-year history (and which gave the swell its name). This extreme swell then reached California 3,000 km away, where it also generated ...

The ocean is no exception to climate change's ... get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. "If the waves are extreme," Itxaso Oderiz, a coastal hazard researcher from IHCantabria ...

In the last decade, several incidents of extreme ocean temperatures have occurred off the coast of California, commonly referred to as marine heat waves. The unusually warm waters and dramatic ...

An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and would have been "practically impossible" without climate change ...

B.C. scientists are a step closer to understanding why ocean acidification is more extreme during some parts ... effects such as catastrophic heat waves, floods and wildfires.