COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - While spending time at the beach, you’ve probably heard the phrase high tide or low tide, and how those change with time each day. Even though the change in tides takes time, ...

— Ellie Webb, Mineral Point, Wis. A Grant Petty, professor in the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison: Gravity helps make the ocean tides happen.

Tides are one of the most familiar yet least understood natural phenomena. While many people know that the sea rises and falls each day, the complex forces behind these movements are often overlooked.

The tide goes in, the tide goes out... and we can explain that! This week, we’re exploring that slow ebb and flow across the globe. * As gradual as those rises and falls can be, they’re impressive in ...

Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers forecast the development of blooms and better understand environmental factors that can cause blooms to terminate. The study marks an ...

When the waters off Florida’s west coast were infested by the dreaded “red tide” nine years ago, fish died by the million and lay in” stinking windrows on the beaches. The spray of the poisoned surf ...