Heat waves can form when a high-pressure system moves into a region and stalls. The system can force warm air downward, acting like a cap as it keeps the cool air near the surface from rising, ...

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, ...

Scientists at the University of Miami's Alfred C. Glassell Jr. SUrge‐STructure‐Atmosphere INteraction (SUSTAIN) laboratory conducted a first-of-its-kind study into how waves form and increase in windy ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology (THE CONVERSATION) Rogue waves have ...

The ocean is an intriguing and mysterious place. For every new species of sea creature we find, there are an untold number of others waiting to be discovered. But it isn't just sea life that has kept ...