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 ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The WMBF First Alert Weather team gave you the First Alert to Spring Tides this week, which could cause some minor flooding for parts of the Grand Strand. But what makes ...

ON the coasts of the British Islands and generally on the European coasts of the North Atlantic and throughout the North Sea, the tides present in their main features an exceptional simplicity, two ...

ABSTRACT: Identifying biophysical mechanisms of larval transport is essential to understanding the delivery of larvae to adult habitats. In addition, harmful algal blooms (HABs) can be transported ...

Special Issue 65: Proceedings of the 12th INTERNATIONAL COASTAL SYMPOSIUM ICS 2013, Volume 2 (2013), pp. 1140-1145 (6 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. This study ...

The moon is often accused of causing lunacy, bringing on labor and transforming werewolves. Now it seems that in reality, the moon, through the tides, is responsible for the pattern of motion ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Although it's the closest astronomical body to Earth, the Moon is still ...

The same tides that affect ocean waves can trigger earthquakes along California's San Andreas Fault, and scientists unexpectedly find that these quakes are more likely to happen as tides are ...

Hurricanes are part of living in Florida and regretfully, when combined with the St. Johns River, can make a destructive and even deadly combination. And timing is critical. A key component concerning ...