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.

When an ocean wave falls, the ground shakes. Now, those wobbles are getting bigger. Stormier seas and larger ocean swell in recent decades are pounding Earth’s seafloor with more force, sending larger ...

Alessandro Toffoli receives funding from the Australia Research Council. We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue ...

Waves as high as a one-story house were crashing down into the surf zone at some Jersey Shore beaches during the height of Thursday’s turbulent seas stirred up by Hurricane Erin, according to beach ...