President Biden in 2022 announced Admiral Linda Fagan as the new commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard making her the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military. President Trump's administration ...

Three people were rescued near Bodega Bay after they were swept off land by a powerful wave on Monday, the Sonoma County Fire District said. Officials said around 12:30 p.m., the three people were ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have evolved unique oral and aural adaptations. Understanding them better could ...

The powerful quake, which struck 10 km below the Earth's surface, has prompted the National Weather Service's (NWS) Pacific ...

Stormy seas along the California coast calmed a bit for the Christmas holiday, but powerful ocean waves were expected to return to the Bay Area for the rest of the week. Waves up to 30 feet high ...

A powerful wave phenomenon known as "sneaker waves" is ... to stay away from shorelines and avoid turning their backs to the ocean. A sneaker wave is a wave that surges further up the beach ...

A tsunami advisory has been issued for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands after an earthquake in the Caribbean Sea, ...

When they reach the shore, they surge farther inland, eroding beaches and shifting sand back into the ocean’s depths. Powerful waves pounded the San Luis Obispo County coast on Dec. 23 ...

Nor are they like regular ocean waves that are produced by the wind and storms. Powerful storms such as hurricanes can produce surges that penetrate far inland but tsunamis are a different beast.