The mammoth wave, now known as the Ucluelet wave, was captured by a solitary buoy near Vancouver Island. Its extraordinary ...

“I really thought we were going to see a dead body in the water.” Roughly eight million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. That’s according to a 2015 report, which also identified ...

As record ocean heat threatens corals off Florida and across the globe, conservationists are shifting their strategy Share Comment Add to your saved stories Save Warning: This graphic requires ...

Like ocean waves, these ripples are transverse waves because the surface of the water moves up and down, at 90° to the direction that the wave is travelling. Water waves can reflect or ‘bounce ...

A marine heat wave is a period of unusually high ocean temperatures and is defined by its duration and intensity. One of the most common ways that scientists measure the ocean’s temperature is through ...