A Chinese vessel is suspected of mapping the seafloor around U.S. allies Australia and New Zealand to support submarine ...

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

These commitments came at the Fifteenth Intergovernmental Session of UNESCO’s IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

California's entire coastline was at risk for dangerous conditions, prompting experts to advise people to stay out of the water.

In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...

Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ocean’s surface. It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The problem is that ...

Several Underwater Volcanoes Found on the Seafloor About 60 Kilometers from Rarotonga Island.

April 17 (UPI) --U.S. commercial fishers can operate in the formerly off-limits Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. "Commercial fishing is ...

Three brothers are hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean - having already conquered the Atlantic. Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, start their four-month ...