On New Year's Day 1995, a monstrous 80-foot wave in the North Sea slammed into the Draupner oil platform. The wall of water crumpled steel railings and flung heavy equipment across the deck—but its ...

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a ...

In December 2024, satellites captured an extraordinary phenomenon in the heart of the ocean—waves that soared to nearly 66 ...

University of Queensland researchers have created a microscopic "ocean" on a silicon chip to miniaturize the study of wave ...

Satellite data from the SWOT mission reveals how massive waves act as storm "messengers," carrying a storm's power across ...

The tsunami advisory for the San Francisco Bay area and other parts of California has passed, but “water levels are continuing to fluctuate,” forecasters said. “The ocean remains dynamic and dangerous ...

Tiny red robot sailboats deployed in the Atlantic Ocean can withstand 24-foot waves and Category 4 hurricanes while measuring ...

Giant ocean waves engulfing tiny boats are the stuff of nightmares—but it turns out rivers also form flood waves that are nothing to sneeze at. That’s according to researchers from Virginia Tech and ...

While that quote may be in reference to an album cover from the famed mockumentary, the adage applies elsewhere in life. It’s satirical, in a way, because being dumb and being smart are obviously ...