As wind blows across the surface of the sea, it transfers loads of energy — in the form of a wave — to the water below. In fact, research suggests the ocean’s waves could offer limitless renewable ...

Teams of scientists around the world are once more trying to perfect devices that generate electricity from the force of the ocean’s rolling waves. Several companies and teams of scientists have tried ...

A team of Australian bodyboarding ratbags has managed to capture staggering footage of an extraordinary oceanic phenomenon: a place where four 12-ft (3.7-m) waves regularly converge into an oval dip, ...

On December 21, 2025, in Grayton Beach, Florida, USA, @JennChapple shared a video of serene ocean waves along the shoreline. In the video, gentle waves roll in under clear skies, conveying a sense of ...

Umesh Korde sees the power of our oceans. For nearly four decades, Korde, a research professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, has explored how an ocean's force—from violent ...

On 29 July 2025, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, generating a Pacific-wide tsunami and providing a rare scientific opportunity for researchers worldwide ...

Strong winds are driving the ocean’s biggest waves to dizzying new heights. That’s the potentially ominous finding of new research that analyzed more than 30 years’ worth of global wind and wave ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. An analysis of 33 years’ worth of data finds that ocean winds and wave heights are becoming more extreme worldwide, with the Southern Ocean seeing ...

Extreme ocean winds and waves have become more common over the past three decades, according to scientists who warn climate change could be causing the trend. A team of experts at the University of ...