The Pacific Ring of Fire is living up to its name, with scientists tracking a chain of restless faults and volcanoes that ...

Along a stretch of coast that usually behaves by the book, officials have been grappling with a rare ocean pattern that has ...

Global ocean heat content increased by approximately 23 zetajoules (ZJ) in 2025, roughly 40 times annual global primary energy consumption. This is not good.

New satellite tracking research shows that while MPAs help, they are far from enough for a highly mobile species heavily ...

From the frozen tundra to America's tropical south, the states with the most islands in their waters tend to have long ...

The town of Kuroshio in Japan is named after the swift ocean current that flows nearby. The Kuro­shio (Black Stream) stretches as wide as a megacity and carries more water than the Amazon river.

Ocean microbes keep the planet healthy by cycling nutrients and capturing carbon, but a detailed and precise map of where ...

As human activities have released greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping excess heat and warming the planet, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of that excess heat since the 1970s. The ocean ...

The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing 4 people, according to US Southern Command. “On Dec. 17, at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny over the boat strikes ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine off the west coast of North America since early August, the service said Tuesday. “Operation Pacific Viper” has been directed at ...