A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

On Earth, water is so intertwined with life that our search for life on other worlds is essentially a search for water. When ...

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.

SYDNEY, June 26 (Reuters) - Leaders of the four biggest Pacific Islands nations have delayed adopting a joint security strategy that could provide an opening for Beijing, against a backdrop of ...

The Trump administration is considering a first-of-its kind mining project at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But deep-sea mining has raised major environmental questions.

Remote cave discovery shows ancient voyagers brought rice across 2,300 km of Pacific Ocean by Hsiao-chun Hung, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors' notes ...

Low molecular weight (LMW) monocarboxylic acids (monoacids) are hygroscopic in nature and thus have an impact on cloud activation ability and the global climate system. This study provides new ...

Hurricane Erick path mapped as storm rapidly intensifies to Category 2 in Pacific Erick is the fifth tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season and is forecast to rapidly intensify ...