The theoretical model that solved a mystery from the dawn of humanity The conclusions from the model will help develop climatic tools One of the most common and well-known natural phenomena is the ...

Shock formation represents the process whereby smooth solutions to the governing equations of fluid dynamics undergo a transition to discontinuous states. In compressible fluid dynamics, this ...

Previous studies have demonstrated that the NAO, the leading mode of atmospheric low-frequency variability over the North Atlantic, could be linked to northeast Pacific climate variability via the ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. LU Quanming and Prof. GAO Xinliang from the School of Earth and Space Sciences and the Deep Space Exploration Laboratory at the University of Science and ...

Giant rogue waves are far higher than other waves surrounding them, and they can appear out of nowhere to wreak havoc on ships and shorelines. A new study has shown that the formation of colossal ...

Have you ever gazed up at the sky and seen clouds that resemble waves in an ocean? These aren't your everyday fluffy cumulus clouds or storm clouds. These are gravity wave clouds -- a fascinating ...

University of Oxford provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Accounts by mariners of freak or rogue waves out in the ocean have long been a common occurrence but until relatively recently ...