The tide is not the same tide everywhere. Along a single stretch of coast, it can strengthen, weaken or arrive at a different time within just a few kilometres. Now scientists have found a way to ...

When you see a bad moon rising, expect an ever-so-slightly wetter day. The lunar gravitational pull imperceptibly boosts rainfall when the moon is on the horizon and somewhat reduces rainfall when the ...

When Laura Dekker was 11 years old, she anchored her small keelboat in the Wadden Sea and went to sleep. She had selected a place that appeared deep enough. What she neglected to consider was that the ...

Florida’s red tide, which was declared an emergency by Gov. Rick Scott on Monday, has been devastating marine life on Florida’s Gulf Coast this summer. Beaches have been littered with dead sea life as ...

Last month, coastlines saw extreme high and low tides known as king tides, which are caused by a chance alignment of the moon, Earth, and the sun. Now the tides are back. Depending on geography and ...

Beachgoers across the Bay Area and the coast are in for some of the highest tides of the year this week. King tides — caused by a stronger-than-normal gravitational pull when the sun, moon and Earth ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

At Shark Reef Sanctuary in Washington state's San Juan Islands, you can hear the rapids before you see them. But it's not a river that's singing out. It's the turning tide between Lopez and San Juan ...