A "community" has been uncovered in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Researchers have found a thriving ecosystem of animal life in an unlikely place: beneath hydrothermal vents under the seafloor ...

Researchers at the Ocean Exploration Trust are pushing the frontiers of this wilderness, which lies more than 3,000 meters below the waves, and the best part is, anyone can watch the exploration.

Scientists probing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean made a surprising discovery ... can be found in colonies near hot, mineral-rich water and don't eat – bacteria in their system transforms ...

Oct. 21, 2024 — A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present ...

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

Surfers know that the Pacific Ocean water temperature can fluctuate wildly throughout the year. While the spring and summer hold the wildest swings of all, the winter months are also subject to ...

The World Bank’s Pacific Economic Update provides a twice-yearly assessment of 11 Pacific island economies: Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A man set sail on a historic 8-month journey across the Pacific Ocean from San Diego to Australia in a solo rowing boat Monday night. If he succeeds, 44-year-old Aurimas ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — A new study details how climate change transforms coastal wetlands in North Carolina from forest to marshland or even open water, and how satellite imagery may help better direct ...