Ocean waves are a vast and steady source of renewable energy, but capturing their power efficiently has long frustrated ...

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 ...

Satellites recorded the largest ocean swells ever seen from space, highlighting how massive waves can act as storm "messengers," carrying a storm's power across entire oceans. Observations from the ...

Early 2026 has brought renewed scrutiny to how Earth-observing satellites register extreme ocean events. Widely circulated ...

Now, Takahito Iida at the University of Osaka has proposed a new energy-harvesting technology that uses gyroscopic flywheel system that can be tuned to absorb energy efficiently over a broad range of ...

Yesterday, an international team of researchers from various disciplines set off aboard the German research vessel METEOR for an expedition along the west coast of Africa, led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz ...

The world Meteorological Organization establishes record oceanic wave heights. The current world record wave height is 62.3 feet measured by a buoy in the North Atlantic Ocean at 6am UTC on February 4 ...

Monstrous and deadly waves that arrive without warning have been recounted in fishing and sailing lore for more than a century. These so-called "rogue" or "freak" waves have been seen from cruise ...

Heat waves don’t just strike on land — they can also occur in the ocean. And roughly a third of marine heat waves aren’t detectable at the ocean’s surface, a new study reports. The findings, published ...

Oceanic whitecaps, the ephemeral, frothy features on the crests of breaking waves, serve as critical indicators of air–sea interaction, energy dissipation and momentum exchange. This summary ...

What do nine-time Grammy-winning billionaire Rihanna, stunning beaches, and a potential 50-megawatt wave-energy project have in common? Barbados! The island nation is deploying a unique type of wave ...

Ocean waves along the California coastline have long symbolized the best the state has to offer: surf-ready swells at Malibu and Rincon; the misty beauty of breakers crashing along the North Coast; ...