It’s been a hot summer. The ocean has been hot too. Marine heat waves, or patches of warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures, are making headlines because we’ve never seen anything quite ...

Gulls fly above breaking Pacific Ocean waves on January 10, 2022, in Aptos, California. Gulls fly above breaking Pacific Ocean waves on January 10, 2022, in Aptos, California. Mario Tama/Getty ...

The current world record wave height is 62.3 feet measured by a buoy in the North Atlantic Ocean at 6am UTC on February 4, 2013 at 59 degrees north, 11 degrees west. It was located between Iceland ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.