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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Twice a year, during the constant dizzying dance of the sun, moon and Earth, the stellar bodies align in such a way that the ocean’s waters are pushed and pulled into and away from our ...

The "King Tides" are on the way! From Nov. 15-17, the next King Tide event will return to the Bay Area. King Tides, also known as Spring Tides, are naturally occurring and predictable events revolving ...

It's springtime in Charleston and the sun is shining. Most of the time. A partial solar eclipse is set to darken the skies over South Carolina on April 8. In Charleston, nearly three-quarters of the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Resonating oscillations of a planet's atmosphere caused by gravitational tides and heating from ...