Ocean waves are one of nature’s most captivating and powerful phenomena, but how do they actually work? In this video, we explore the fascinating science behind ocean waves, breaking down the forces ...

Heat waves don’t just strike on land — they can also occur in the ocean. And roughly a third of marine heat waves aren’t detectable at the ocean’s surface ... out of view and were never ...

While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones -- called submesoscale eddies -- are notoriously difficult to detect. These currents, which range from several kilometers ...

A marine heat wave is a spike in a region's ocean surface temperatures that ranks among the top 10% warmest for that time period in that region when compared with the 1991-2020 average.

Scientists are pretty good at recognizing marine heat waves: A global network of thousands of oceanic buoys and orbiting satellites allow them to see, in real time, ocean surface temperatures ...

Video from the ocean ... waves, serenaded by howling winds. Torrential rain and ominous sea spray are seen swirling as the vehicle sways and lunges atop the ocean’s turbulent surface.

In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes how they created a model showing what sea surface ... waves are on top of overall warmer ocean ...

A stock image of an aerial view of waves in the Atlantic Ocean ... "Think of it like a giant waterfall that formed below the ocean surface." The researcher explained: "Just before this time ...

An intense marine heat wave that has fueled ... North Atlantic that governs surface winds over that region of the planet. When those winds are weaker than normal, ocean temperatures tend to ...

Within a few months, sea surface ... marine heat waves are increasing in frequency and intensity—posing, says oceanographer Hillary Scannell, “a very big concern” for ocean environments.

Converting the power of water into energy is nothing new. Using ocean waves is. The power of the ocean could soon be used to power homes in the U.S. as scientists prepare to test an untapped form ...

These seismic events shift the Earth's surface, displacing the water above them and creating waves that move quickly in all directions across the ocean. For an earthquake to generate a tsunami ...