The ocean is a vast, roiling expanse of energy. Governments and corporations worldwide are investing in buoy tech that uses the sea to generate electricity.

Polynyas are one of Antarctica's great counterintuitive features: recurring areas of open water surrounded by vast expanses of sea ice. These unusual environments are hot spots for sea-ice production, ...

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The math of even the simplest ocean waves is notoriously uncooperative. A team of Italian mathematicians has made major advances toward understanding it. Click to tell Google to prioritize Quanta and ...

Scientists warn that a deep ocean wave driven by El Niño conditions could raise Bay Area sea levels by as much as 9 inches by early next week. That’s on top of sea levels already more than 6 inches ...

Take a walk along the beach in San Diego County and you’re likely to end up marveling at the majesty of birdlife. Sleek brown pelicans descend from the sky and glide — often hundreds of yards at a ...

For the first time in Australia's history, a wave energy converter trial has successfully generated energy from the chaotic and wild ocean waves to power homes. Australia can now use the ocean to ...

The ocean is never still. Whether observing from the beach or a boat, we expect to see waves on the horizon. Waves are created by energy passing through water, causing it to move in a circular motion.

Over the past several months, an intense marine heat wave has developed in the Pacific from Washington to Baja Mexico, with a particularly extreme hot spot between the Bay Area and San Diego. Ocean ...