This El Niño-spurred Kelvin wave will greatly exacerbate the human-driven coastal hazards California is already experiencing.

Weird things are happening in the Pacific Ocean, and life along West Coast beaches is about to get even more precarious.

Kelvin waves are massive underwater waves that occur during a strong El Niño event and could increase flood risks for ...

The effects of El Niño are being felt along the West Coast. Everything from unusual marine life, warmer ocean temperatures ...

Powerful surf from Hurricane Marie battered California's coastline, accelerating coastal erosion that forced the evacuation of oceanfront homes in Long Beach, damaged infrastructure and triggered a ...

These Kelvin waves have already been impacting coastlines.

The swells will bring big waves to Southern California. The size and severity of the waves is dependent on the tracks of ...

A bluff collapsed in Encinitas over the weekend. Scientists warn a surge of water traveling from the equator could make ...

During this season’s historic El Niño event, on the west coast, one unfortunate aspect has been the coastal erosion that the slew of hurricane swells has wrought. For instance, recently, massive ...

The warm-water anomaly is expected to show up any time now and could add to extreme high tides of nearly 6 feet by pushing waves even higher, up to a foot.