Waves in water are transverse. This means that the vibrations causing the waves are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. As this little boat demonstrates, you can see that the waves are ...

Baroclinic waves drive both regional variations in weather and large-scale variability in the extratropical general circulation. They generally do not exist in isolation, but rather often form into ...

New research finds that a warming planet will also alter ocean waves along more than 50% of the world's coastlines. This research, published in Nature Climate Change, has significant implications for ...

Mark Hemer receives funding from the Australian Commonwealth National Environmental Science Program Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, and the Integrated Marine Observing System. Ian Young receives ...