Tidal power is a way to generate clean, renewable energy by harnessing the rise and fall of ocean tides. Unlike wind and solar power, tidal power is predictable on a regular basis.

Oregonians have a chance to help researchers determine how rising sea levels are impacting coastal regions. Every year, the Oregon King Tides Project asks people to submit photos taken on the coast ...

June 6, 1944 the Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and took the Nazis by surprise in the largest sea-to-land invasion in history. This would be remembered as D-Day. It ultimately led to ...

Submerged in about 44 yards of water off Scotland's coast, a turbine has been spinning for more than six years to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity -- a durability mark that ...

A major glacier in northwest Greenland is interacting with the ocean tides, scientists reported Monday, resulting in previously unaccounted-for melting and potentially faster sea level rise. The group ...

A visitor enjoys Laguna Beach on a Labor Day getaway. During king tides, forecasters caution beachgoers to stay off rocks because of the danger of crashing waves. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times ...

Satellites have managed to detect faint electromagnetic signals generated by ocean tides, suggesting that space-born sensors could be used to obtain insights into the motion of other liquid masses on ...

Ocean tides can trigger city-sized icebergs to break off from Antarctic ice shelves, scientists said on Thursday, offering a potential way to predict these dramatic events in the future. It is not ...

Our current models may have underestimated how fast our warming oceans are rising and how fast glaciers recede, a new study says. Reading time 2 minutes A large glacier in Northwest Greenland is ...

Coast-side Southern Californians can expect the return of perigean spring tides — more commonly known as king tides — on Thursday. These exceptionally high tides occur when he sun, moon and earth ...