Sound waves traveling thousands of kilometers through the ocean may help scientists monitor climate change. As greenhouse gas emissions warm the planet, the ocean is absorbing vast amounts of that ...

Even if you only have a passing interest in surfing, the name Nazaré might sound familiar. That’s because it’s widely considered the world’s biggest rideable wave, and is certainly the world’s biggest ...

Tsunamis, also known as seismic sea waves, can be devastating. In 2004, a 100-foot wave in the Indian Ocean resulted in at least 230,000 deaths in one of the deadliest natural disasters in human ...

The top layer represents the location of the sound source and the path of sound propagation (A). The bottom layers represent convergence zones with different sound propagation paths (B-F). Sound waves ...

We nearly missed our plane home from Bermuda because I was out on the beach trying to record the sound of the waves. (It was our first vacation in five years, and I don’t get to the ocean much.) Back ...