Climate change is making areas around the world more dangerous to live in, or in some cases uninhabitable. The ocean is no exception to climate change's effects. In 2023, oceans hit record-high ...

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During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 meters high—as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the largest ever measured from space. Moreover, satellite data now ...

We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue ...

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 ...

Earth holds immense but untapped energy potential, with winds, sunlight, and ocean waves providing free and renewable energy sources. While considerable investments have been made in wind and solar ...

Volcanic meteo-tsunamis (VMTs) are rare, devastating phenomena first recognised after the 1883 Krakatau eruption in Indonesia and recently quantified following the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai ...

Ocean wind waves are a fundamental manifestation of complex dynamics in geophysical fluid systems, characterized by a rich interplay between dispersion and nonlinearity. While linear wave theory ...