The Drake Passage, located between the southern tip of South America and the West Antarctic Peninsula, is known for being one of the most dangerous stretches of ocean on Earth. With waves reaching up ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

But he does know that deep waves from Sandy crushed some of the subway cars and formed deep scour pits around them. “It was ...

The impact of hurricanes when they travel over land, or when they affect ships or oil-drilling platforms, are quite well ...

Research by the U.S. Navy has developed a new passive sonar method that could revolutionize stealth underwater drones.

Norwegians haul up from the deep a sea lily ... Alexander Behm sails the North Sea and bounces sound waves off its bottom, advancing a new method of depth measurement known as echo sounding.