Square waves form when two wave systems collide, creating dangerous ocean patterns that threaten boats and swimmers.

Square waves are a rare ocean phenomenon where two wave systems collide at opposing angles creating a striking checkerboard pattern on the water’s surface. While visually stunning square waves are ...

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...

The hazardous conditions have claimed one life in Sonoma County, where authorities say high waves swept a person into the ...

As the planet cooled, some of the water likely moved underground ... to form as sediments carried by tides and waves slope downward toward an ocean. “This stood out to us immediately because ...