Today, Oct. 9, 2025, the moon is 18 days old and is in the Waning Gibbous phase of its lunar cycle. It is 92% illuminated.

Some of the highest diurnal tides in the world–nearly 14 meters (46 feet)–have been recorded in the Sea of Okhotsk. In the Russian Far East, narrow bays funnel and amplify the incoming tides, making ...

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – February 24, 2010 – Scientists at the University of Rhode Island are gaining new insight into the mechanisms that generate huge, steep underwater waves that occur between layers ...

This study is led by Prof. Cai (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences). The two-dimensional Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model is applied to ...