Swells can travel thousands of kilometres and may still be present even if the local wind is calm. It’s estimated that up to ...

Most tsunamis are a series of waves that can be spaced minutes to hours apart. The first wave isn’t always the largest. The ocean near the coast often recedes to expose the seafloor shortly before a ...

Tsunamis form from sudden water movements, mainly undersea earthquakes, spreading waves across oceans and increasing as they ...

Sound waves travel through different types of matter, including liquid water. Importantly, the movement of ocean water can ...

In theory, this process allows us to effectively control wave energy – either by reducing destructive waves like tsunamis or boosting ocean waves for renewable energy capture. “This is important ...

Ryan Hanyok / U.S. Navy “There are no freak waves in the world,” says naval architect Jon Etxegoien. “They are all predictable.” He’s strolling the shores of an indoor ocean—a 12 ...