Owain Jones receives funding from NWO-HARC for research on tidal landscapes including the Severn Estuary. Surfers and spectators gathered along the Severn Bore in Gloucestershire, England, in recent ...

Occurring on only a few dozen rivers around the world, tidal bores are as rare as they are intriguing. Michael Berry outlines the science behind this natural phenomenon and describes his sighting in ...

The strong earthquake and resulting tsunami in eastern Japan Monday did not result in significant damage or casualties, but it did produce an interesting and rare phenomenon known as a “tidal bore.” ...