The converging waves swirl until they finally break into a 130-foot pillar of saltwater, in a process that scientists have ...

Did you serve real cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving, or the tube-of-jelly kind? Some people didn’t get either one . . . Ocean Spray is looking into claims that some of their cans were filled with WATER ...

Experts say the Great Lakes can be more dangerous than the open ocean due to their volatile nature. Waves on the Great Lakes are steeper and closer together, causing choppy conditions and a rougher ...

The incidents both occurred at Garrapata State Park near Big Sur. A search stretched into its third day on Monday for a U.S. Army soldier who was swept into the Pacific Ocean by a wave at the same ...

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said the search for the missing man has shifted to a recovery mission after a Coast Guard helicopter briefly spotted a body in the water before losing sight in ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A 5-year-old girl is missing and her father is dead after they were swept into the ocean by a wave at Garrapata ...

Under a hazy gray sky on the first day of 1995, the Draupner natural gas platform in the North Sea was struck by something that had long been relegated to maritime folklore: an 84-foot wall of water ...

If you've been to Newport Beach, California, in the spring and fall months, you might have witnessed the wonderful phenomenon that is the bioluminescent waves. Every year, walking along the beach at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. The best perk of Alberto Maspero’s job, he says, is the view from his window. Situated on a hill above the ancient port city of Trieste, ...

We’ve all paused our gaming session to hit up a browser for the solution to a puzzle or boss fight that we just couldn’t get past. The process is muscle memory for some of us: Put down the controller, ...

Large Lake Superior waves crash on the Keweenaw Peninsula near Copper Harbor Michigan. Short-period waves, sudden gales and freezing spray turn freshwater into a death trap on the Great Lakes—a ...

Plastic consumption and the pollution of our ocean with plastic waste have long been significant environmental concerns. Recycling and reusing plastic can help reduce the amount of waste that finds ...