Earthquakes can be triggered by the Earth's tides, UCLA scientists confirmed Oct. 21 in Science Express, the online journal of Science. Earth tides are produced by the gravitational pull of the ...

Before you listen to this talk by Jonathan White, you might want to be somewhere by the sea as the moon rises or sets. That would be ideal. If not that, be somewhere where you can search maps of all ...

If you haven’t seen this video, than you must! It is an amazing intersection of human adaptation with oceanic phenomena, in this case the Inuit of Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec and how they exploit the large ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - While spending time at the beach, you’ve probably heard the phrase high tide or low tide, and how those change with time each day. Even though the change in tides takes time, ...

Oregonians, it’s time to take pictures of the coast. For science. Thanksgiving week, the world will experience some of the highest tides of the year. These tides, called king tides, can be 2 or more ...

In his book, Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, Jonathan White embarks on a journey “across the globe to discover the largest, fastest, most dangerous and breathtaking tides in the world.” In ...

June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy and took the Nazis by surprise in the largest sea-to-land invasion in history. This... Why the science of tides was crucial for D-Day ...

In days gone by, coastal people used the regular cycle of tides to mark the passage of time instead of the clock. The tide is frequently represented in literature as something unstoppable, which ...

The walls, discovered on a partially submerged isthmus, were exposed by recent low tides. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Low ...

Over the weekend, the moon, Earth and sun will all come into alignment, causing the California coast to see unusually high tides, known as king tides. The planetary confluence combined with the ...

The tide goes in, the tide goes out... and we can explain that! This week, we’re exploring that slow ebb and flow across the globe. * As gradual as those rises and falls can be, they’re impressive in ...