Swells can travel thousands of kilometres and may still be present even if the local wind is calm. It’s estimated that up to ...

Marine heat waves that seemed extreme just a decade ago will become commonplace by the end of this century in waters favored ...

A tsunami is a series of waves caused by a significant and sudden movement of water in the ocean. The most common trigger for tsunamis is large earthquakes that occur beneath or near the ocean ...

In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed a ...

A treaty to protect the high seas will not come to life by the time the UN Oceans Conference opens in June, but persistence ...

When she walked into her first student board meeting. Tiara Moore saw "30 eyeballs all on white faces." She calls up this startling memory in her paper, "The Only Black Person in the Room," which was ...

An alternative to dredging aims to capture moving sand to protect the archipelago from erosion and rising seas.

“Together with my brother bishops, priests, the faithful of the Archdiocese of Louisville and Catholics around the world, I mourn the death of Pope Francis. As the shepherd of the Catholic Church for ...

Death of Pope Francis prompts wave of mourning worldwide Europe Pope Francis died Monday at 88 after a battle with pneumonia, prompting global mourning and tributes from leaders around the world.