To harvest whales, seals or walruses, Wainwright hunter John Hopson goes out at sea. He leaves the bluff area next to the village and travels farther from shore, where the waves often become rough.

The world Meteorological Organization establishes record oceanic wave heights. The current world record wave height is 62.3 feet measured by a buoy in the North Atlantic Ocean at 6am UTC on February 4 ...

The National Weather Service is asking boaters for feedback on an experimental program to measure waves and ocean conditions. The National Weather Service in Upton is using forecasts and ocean buoys ...

Noise and wave pollution encompass unwanted acoustic and hydrodynamic disturbances that compromise environmental quality, human health and ecosystem function. Acoustic noise arises from road, rail, ...

Earlier this year, California was pummeled by what local surfer's described as the best swell in decades: massive waves that damaged piers, crumbled sea cliffs and flooded coastlines. A new study ...

Early 2026 has brought renewed scrutiny to how Earth-observing satellites register extreme ocean events. Widely circulated reports have pointed to satellite detections of unusually large Pacific Ocean ...