Scientists say the topography of the ocean floor is less well known than the surfaces of Mars, Mercury or Venus and that charting the depth and shape of the seabed will help understand the impact ...

Study Reveals Acceleration in Pacific Upper-Ocean Circulation Over Past 30 Years, Impacting Global Weather Patterns Oct. 31, 2024 — A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper ...

Cooler Pacific ocean temperatures could bring wetter conditions in the north and drier in the south and the potential for snow.

A quirky science story emerged from the ocean depths in 2022 and it’s now ... the Papahānaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii. The formation’s resemblance ...

This small country has preserved languages from 40,000 years ago and is now the most linguistically diverse place on earth.

For months, experts were at a loss as to what caused the tsunami observed over a wide stretch of the Pacific Ocean in October ... acoustic surveys of the seabed topography near Torishima.

Emily Frost; Updated by Joe Spring Called the Australasian narrow-nosed spookfish, the cryptic species lives deep in the ocean off the coasts of New Zealand and Australia ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...

The disaster caused tonnes of debris to be ejected into the Pacific ocean, and hundreds of coastal Japanese marine species were found alive on items that landed on the shores of the North American ...

MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean, forecasters said.