Thanks to the ongoing onshore breeze and the gravitational pull of the supermoon, elevated tides are expected to continue for ...

A: Gravity helps make the ocean tides happen. Gravity is the attractive force that all matter exerts on other matter, and it’s what holds us to the Earth. All the matter that makes up the Earth ...

So the bottom line is that the gravity of the closer tidal bulge on the Earth is pulling the Moon forward, which increases ...

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A king tide is a non-scientific term used to describe exceptionally high tides. Higher than normal tides typically occur ...

Charleston is set to see some of the week’s most significant coastal impacts, with water likely spilling into low-lying areas of downtown.

— 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.