Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for ...

The U.S. Coast Guard previously told Newsweek that its missions in the western Pacific aim to strengthen maritime governance.

In a new study published today in Science Advances, my colleagues and I have uncovered the earliest evidence of rice in the ...

If implemented as envisioned, the reserve would become the world’s first Indigenous-led ocean reserve, covering an area nearly as big as the Amazon Rainforest.

This week, Pacific leaders have made some of the boldest commitments at the UN Ocean Conference, challenging wealthier nations to up their game. French Polynesia set the bar high at the outset of ...

A flurry of tropical cyclone activity over the past two weeks in the eastern Pacific Ocean just off the west coast of Mexico has produced three named storms so far — with more storms expected ...

Japan said it observed two Chinese aircraft carriers and supporting warships operating simultaneously near remote Japanese islands in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, a new demonstration of ...

In the southern flanks of the Indian Ocean and the central and eastern Pacific, just north of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, lie the Subantarctic Mode Waters. As part of the global ocean ...

And yet, Pacific Islanders’ calls for urgent action to restore our greatest climate ally, the ocean, continue to be met with half-measures and empty promises.

Pacific Ocean Shrinking: Scientists Predict Formation Of A New Supercontinent According to scientists, that slow-motion drift will one day result in the total closure of the Pacific Basin and the ...

A World War II bomber has been discovered 3 miles deep in the Pacific Ocean, and it’s still fully armed with an 83-year-old bomb fixed to the wing, NOAA Ocean Exploration says. The Douglas SBD ...

QUITO, Ecuador — A strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast shook the northern part of the country Friday, with initial reports of some damages to houses. No injuries were ...