Surfers have taken to the ocean for centuries. Ancient Polynesian civilizations were surfing as far back as 2,000 BC, and there is evidence of wave riding in 12th-century Hawaii. Of course, back then, ...

Understanding rogue ocean waves may be simple after all Date: June 21, 2016 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: An international team of scientists has developed a relatively simple ...

Researchers examined how rogue waves form and analyzed the likelihood that a ship would encounter them while navigating the rough waters of intense storms. The eastern Mediterranean Sea, a large basin ...

A team of oceanographers has developed a new model for ocean wave energy, using an 1883 account of how a ship’s crew dumped oil into stormy seas and calmed the waves enough to save the crew of a ...

For the third time, scientists have detected gravitational waves — the ripples in space-time created by objects moving throughout the Universe. The discovery was made once again by LIGO, or the Laser ...

The eastern Mediterranean Sea, a large basin surrounded by ancient cultural sites, is also a climatology hot spot. However, the region has received comparatively little attention when it comes to ...