There are multiple examples of fractal patterns in nature, from peacock feathers, snowflakes, and leaves, to cloud formations and coastlines. A group of graduate students have spotted similar fractal ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river ...

Eye in the sky: data from the Jason-3 satellite was used in the study. (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Third-degree tides – tiny sea-level fluctuations once known only locally from measurements made by ...

By 2050, offshore wind power capacity in the North Sea is set to increase more than tenfold. Researchers at the Helmholtz ...

Charter captains like myself and other experienced fishers carefully consider the moon phase and tidal pattern when we plan a day of successful fishing. To put together a successful fishing plan, ...

The ebb and flow of the tides is such a regular occurrence that almanacs predict them years in advance for coastal cities and beaches. But those predictions would have been pretty far off thousands of ...