From Newton to today, scientists have always taken cues from the sea on how to study the nature of all things on Earth.

Satellites have captured the world’s tallest ocean waves ever from space, breaking all records as reported on October 15, 2025. These observations include the largest ocean storm waves ever seen from ...

Marine heat waves are a consequence of climate change and are increasingly altering marine and coastal regions worldwide. An ...

Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave. By Delger Erdenesanaa Graphics by Harry ...

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 ...

Ocean waves are a vast and steady source of renewable energy, but capturing their power efficiently has long frustrated engineers. A researcher at The University of Osaka has now explored a bold new ...

Rossby waves are large-scale planetary waves arising from the variation of the Coriolis effect with latitude. They occur in both barotropic (depth-uniform) and baroclinic (stratified) forms, governing ...

Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland have made a microscopic “ocean” on a silicon chip to miniaturise the study of wave dynamics. The device, made at UQ’s School of Mathematics and ...

Internal waves arise where gravity acts on density stratification, transferring energy from large-scale tides and currents to small-scale turbulence. Their propagation along sloping topography and ...