When Jean and Baizhi joined the project last year, we were already quite advanced in the assessments we were making, such as how big we could make the system; and we had built a net with a positive ...

Ocean wave prediction and analysis stand at the forefront of marine science and engineering, addressing both the challenges and opportunities presented by complex sea states. Recent advancements have ...

Richard Aster receives funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation. As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so ...

A laser-equipped research platform has, for the first time, photographed airflow just millimeters above ocean waves, revealing two simultaneous wind–wave energy-transfer tricks—slow short waves steal ...

ESB International (ESBI) has entered an agreement with one of Europe’s largest electricity utilities, Vattenfall, to develop ocean wave-energy projects off the west coast of Ireland. ESB’s ...

This aerial view shows a surfer catching a wave at Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay, Calif., in December 2023. A rogue wave is characterized as one that's 2.2 times larger than the average wave around ...