For the thousands of people who have spent recent weeks monitoring tide times and checking weather forecasts because of flooding fears, it may be hard to see the potential benefits that the sea can offer at times. Humans in general, however, are increasingly tapping into the power of the sea. Tidal energy is increasingly becoming

Britain and the Channel Islands have been experiencing the sort of supertides that experts had been predicting for 2015. Parts of the country’s coastline have been hit by waves as high as 50ft, and the Thames has burst its banks on multiple occasions. The last week of February saw the Environment Agency issue no fewer

Anyone who has faced flood warnings resulting from high tides in recent weeks will be in no doubt as to the impact they can have, but far fewer will understand the effect they are having on volcanic eruptions and, ultimately, on the world’s climate. Rising sea levels are undoubtedly causing more problems with coastal flooding,

This year could be marked by a wave of extremely high tides in Britain as a result of a rare alignment between the moon, sun and the earth. The unusual alignment is expected to increase the pull of gravity on the seas at certain points in 2015, leading to the occurrence of supertides and an