What causes the ocean to swell? It's not just the Moon that has a gravitational pull on spring tides. The Earth’s gravitational force pulls the waves down, thus resulting in high and low tides. A ...

Tides go out, then come back in again, but the boat blocking the Suez Canal still won't budge. Monday, however, will bring an unusually high tide, called a "spring" tide, to the canal. It's expected ...

Though vernal equinox marks the start of spring on the calendar, the season unfolds more slowly on Turnagain Arm. Ice still clogged the view from Beluga Point three weeks into March, providing ...

On New Year’s Day, South Africa's coastline faced a deadly super tide, resulting in multiple drownings and missing swimmers. Emergency teams are working tirelessly to locate those unaccounted for as ...

CAPE TOWN, South AfricaCAPE TOWN, South Africa — Big ocean waves caused by a phenomenon known as “spring tide” crashed into coastal parts of South Africa over the weekend, leaving two people dead and ...

High tide across Boston’s waterfront reached about 12 feet high relative to low tide on Thursday and Friday afternoons, a phenomenon that — for now — can only occur a few times a year when the planets ...

MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WMBF) - The Spring Tide clean up, a staple event in Murrells Inlet, is making its return this weekend. In its thirty-third year, the event has become South Carolina’s largest ...

Saturday's spring game begins one of the most pivotal seasons in modern Alabama football history as the Crimson Tide look to defend their place as one of the premier programs in the sport without Nick ...

Floridians, brace yourself — spring break is almost here, which means hundreds of thousands visitors flocking to our beautiful beaches. However, regardless of if you're a native Floridian or a ...

A red tide bloom is defiling parts of Florida's southwest coast with toxin levels high enough to trigger respiratory alerts and cause widespread fish kills. Fort Myers Beach removed more than 13 tons ...

BENEATH the frozen flanks of East Asia’s most revered mountain, in China’s north-eastern Jilin province, a huddle of sleek new processing plants will soon be packaging its precious essence: spring ...