Earth's tides are shaped by more than the Moon—and they're changing as the planet warms

In some parts of the world, the sea barely rises and falls with the tides. In others, the difference between high and low ...
Morning Overview on MSN

The sun and moon may be nudging Cascadia’s slow earthquakes, a new study suggests

Tides raised by the moon and the sun press on Earth’s crust with a force of only a few kilopascals, roughly a gentle hand ...
gizmodo

A Landlubber’s Guide To Earth’s Tides

Did you know that the entire Earth is being ripped out from under us? Or that the Earth’s tides are like a massive, cosmic game of juggling? Find out more after the jump! The way tides work isn’t ...
Phys.org

Scientists' model increases accuracy of tide forecasts

The tides couldn't be controlled—only predicted. And for one day, June 6, in the spring of 1944, the tide prediction for the beaches of Normandy just may have been the most important in history. Made ...
New Scientist

Earth’s tides are shoving the moon away faster

The North Atlantic is now wide enough to create exceptionally high tides, making the rate of the moon's retreat faster now than it was 50 million years ago EARTH is shoving the moon away faster now ...
ZME Science on MSN

What really causes tides and why the answer is stranger than you think

When Laura Dekker was 11 years old, she anchored her small keelboat in the Wadden Sea and went to sleep. She had selected a ...
EurekAlert!

Research Science and Technology Scientists’ model increases accuracy of tide forecasts

The tides couldn’t be controlled—only predicted. And for one day, June 6, in the spring of 1944, the tide prediction for the beaches of Normandy just may have been the most important in history. Made ...