Far below the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the Oregon coast, lies Axial Seamount, the most active underwater volcano in ...

A record-shattering Pacific storm in 2024 unleashed waves so massive they were visible from space. In December 2024, a ...

A new analysis of century-old coral skeletons shows that ocean acidity along the Pacific coast has risen far faster than previously measured.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The largest ocean basin is the Pacific, followed by the Atlantic, Indian, Southern and the Arctic ...

Hawaiʻi avoided the worst impacts of a recent marine heat wave in the North Pacific. But with marine heat waves occurring ...

The Pacific Ocean is now so acidic that it’s dissolving the shells of crabs, according to a new study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. The study, funded by the National ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch now holds tens of thousands of tons of plastic pieces, along with dozens of species that call it "home." ...

After a long and deadlocked bidding process for Australia and Pacific Island nations to co-host the UN climate summit (COP31) ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? Covering about 63 million square miles (163 million square kilometers) — ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the ...