The periods of the three-body system of Sun-Earth-Moon play an important part in tidal dynamics. In this paper, I deal with extreme proxigean spring tides. To produce these rare and unusually high ...

Spring is a lovely time to go to the coast. Most of us gravitate towards the beaches, but it can also be fun to visit the salt marshes that line our coastline — estuaries, where rivers meet the sea.

These special tides are forecast to impact the coast from January 18th through the 26th and are a result of the sun, earth, and moon all being in alignment with each other. During a new moon, the moon ...

King tides are the highest tides of the year, but scientists have a different name for them: perigean spring tides. The name doesn’t refer to the season of the year — along the California coast, the ...

High tide across Boston’s waterfront reached about 12 feet high relative to low tide on Thursday and Friday afternoons, a phenomenon that — for now — can only occur a few times a year when the planets ...

This week, you’ve likely heard about the Harvest Moon, that early-autumn full moon that lights up the night sky, as well as the king tides, those larger-than-average tides that come rolling in at ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — King tides flooded several streets in coastal areas along the Grand Strand from Cherry Grove to Pawleys Island Thursday morning. Kings tides, also known as perigean spring ...