Scientists have discovered giant mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean around 250 miles off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, a country in west Africa. Made of mud and sand, these massive ...

Researchers reviewed ocean floor samples collected during the Deep Sea Drilling Project in 1975. According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment ...

The tsunami was 60 centimeters (2 feet) high in deep water 2 hours after formation, and 24 meters (79 feet) when it reached ...

Rogue waves have captivated the attention of both seafarers and scientists for decades. These are giant, isolated waves that appear suddenly in the open ocean. These puzzling giants are brief, ...

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in west Africa. The massive underwater sediment ...

In November 2020, a freak wave appeared, lifting a lone buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters (58 feet) high. A ...

Giant rogue waves are far higher than other waves surrounding them, and they can appear out of nowhere to wreak havoc on ships and shorelines. A new study has shown that the formation of colossal ...

We used three-dimensional imaging of ocean waves to capture freakish seas that produce a notorious phenomenon known as rogue waves. Our results are now published in Physical Review Letters*. Rogue ...