Most people don’t know D-Day was supposed to happen on June 5. That it didn’t was key to the entire operation, and hinged on ...

Walter Munk, the high-spirited scientist-explorer whose insights about the nature of winds, waves and currents earned him the nickname the “Einstein of the Oceans,” died Friday in La Jolla. He was 101 ...

Initially, Andrzej Munk transformed the screenplay into a televised drama (1960), which was rated very highly but wasn't preserved. However, encouraged by its success, Munk persuaded Zofia Posmysz to ...

The scientific community is mourning the passing of famed Scripps oceanographer Walter Munk, who died at his La Jolla home Friday at the age of 101, according to an obituary notice posted by the ...

Surfers enjoyed 4-foot waves in 67-degree water Saturday near Scripps Pier with a light east-southeast wind and 8- and 12-second swells from west-northwest and southwest, respectively. And for having ...

Seiche, the lush and landscaped La Jolla Shores property once home to famed oceanographer Walter Munk, was damaged last week when a tree fell over during a storm. The tree’s roots raised the ground ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part interview with famed Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist Walter Munk, which took place a week prior to his 100th birthday on Oct. 19, 2017.

The thin blue line in the city of South Lake Tahoe is getting thinner. Sgt. Richard “Doc” Munk, 55, will start his retirement Friday after 30 years of service to the city. The veteran officer, who is ...

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced this week the naming of a newly discovered seafloor feature for the late Scripps Oceanography geophysicist Walter Munk. The ...

The lamb heart arrived, without much warning, along with a full transfusion bag. Soon, Rasmus Munk would douse what looked like blood all over the heart while people just sat there and watched. The ...

Linda Munk was married at 19 in dreamy resplendence, right down to hand-stitched Parisian lace and a ballroom filled with the elite of Toronto. It was 1956. A handful of years later, she had shrugged ...

Peter Munk is poised to step down as Barrick Gold’s chairman, three decades after the Canadian entrepreneur launched the company that he turned into the world’s largest gold miner. Mr Munk’s announced ...