Often between 6-8 times a year, the new or full moon coincides closely in time with the perigee of the moon — the point when the moon is closest to the Earth. These occurrences are often called ...

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 ...

King tide season is almost here. The exceptionally high tides, which in 2025 will occur in November, December and January, according to the Oregon King Tide Project, are an opportunity for excitement ...

Tide levels can vary by almost a meter across a single bay, according to a new study that uses decades of satellite images to measure tides at the scale of individual beaches. Researchers at ...

South Florida's low-lying communities can fall victim to flooding for a number of reasons, including due to king tides — which are "exceptionally high" tides, according to the National Oceanic and ...