On December 21, 2025, in Grayton Beach, Florida, USA, @JennChapple shared a video of serene ocean waves along the shoreline. In the video, gentle waves roll in under clear skies, conveying a sense of ...
Ocean waves, especially in Southern California, come in steady supply. One company is aiming to harness power from those waves with a pilot project at the Port of Los Angeles. About the project: ...
Sea Wave Energy Limited (SWEL) is a research and development company based in Cyprus and the U.K. They designed and developed a wave energy converter (WEC) called the Wave Line Magnet, which converts ...
A system of upside-down pendulums tethered to the seafloor could significantly reduce the size of waves, helping limit beach erosion. Waves that wear down beaches are often stopped with walls of rocks ...
Listen to Marketplace each weekday at 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on LAist 89.3-FM. This report originally aired on “Marketplace” on Feb. 11, 2025. In renewable energy, the holy grail is a source of energy ...
Tsunami means “harbor wave” in Japanese, but they differ from other waves that are generated by the wind or solar system. Tsunami waves move the entire depth of the ocean, down to the floor, which is ...
Once thought to be sailors’ myths, rogue waves gained credibility after a towering 80-foot wall of water struck the Draupner oil platform in 1995. New research shows that these extreme waves don’t ...