I didn’t even know they existed until I went to graduate school. In many ways they are similar to waves you see at the beach, they undulate, have crests and troughs, and even break! But since internal ...

Breaking deep-sea waves, as high as a skyscraper, reveal mechanism for global ocean mixing. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2013 / 09 / 130909152956.htm.

Waves more than 800 feet tall have been found to form and break underwater in parts of the deep ocean. By Richard Gray and Richardgray 11 September 2013 • 7:01am ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about chimpanzee "conversations," oxygen from the bottom of the ocean and how a computer program may warn of rogue waves.

Waves breaking over sandy beaches are captured in countless tourist photos. But enormous waves breaking deep in the ocean are seldom seen, although they play a crucial role in long-term climate ...

In Deep Sea, Waves With a Familiar Curl. Share full article. By William J. Broad. April 19, 2010; Scientists exploring the deep sea have discovered a distinctive kind of breaking wave.

Waves on the surface of the ocean generally can only grow up to a few dozen feet tall at most before collapsing, because water is so much heavier than air. However, underwater waves are made of ...

Seismic sound waves crossing the deep ocean could be a new thermometer Sumatran earthquakes can be used to track the warming of the Indian Ocean. Scott K. Johnson – Sep 26, 2020 7:30 am ...

Climate oscillations, even small ones like the Madden Julian Oscillation, can have a deep impact on the oceans, down to a mile deep. The Telegraph UK calls one newly revealed oceanographic mechanism a ...

Huge underwater, or internal, waves break in the deep ocean and cause significant mixing of ocean waters, helping to better inform models of global ocean circulation and climate change.