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 ...

If you haven’t seen this video, than you must! It is an amazing intersection of human adaptation with oceanic phenomena, in this case the Inuit of Kangiqsujuaq ...

If you soak in the sun from the same spot on the beach all day, you might notice the water retreating from you or inching closer. This is the tide changing throughout the day, and it’s all possible ...

Coastal wading birds shape their lives around the tides, and new research in The Auk: Ornithological Advances shows that different species respond differently to shifting patterns of high and low ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sitting by the beach and listening to the tide come in is one of my favorite things to do. But if you stop and think about what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A king tide is bringing coastal flooding risks to the Myrtle Beach area this week as the full moon prepares to rise over the Grand ...