A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Aceh province in northern Sumatra on Friday evening, shaking buildings and triggering panic ...

To monitor the Pacific Ocean for signs of El Niño or La Niña ... The maps provide SST analysis values for each 0.25° of latitude and longitude (approximately 28 km). The observations used to derive ...

The Pacific Ocean has shaped human history for centuries, serving as a highway for explorers, trade, and war. From Polynesian navigators crossing vast distances to European colonization and World War ...

U.S. carriers were in Thailand, Japan and the Eastern Pacific this week, while a carrier from France is set to visit the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...

Researchers at Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station coined the term “White Shark Cafe” after noticing that great whites they had been studying gathered in one place to meet and mate. The ...

The island of Tinian was used to launch U.S. bomber raids on Japan during World War II, including the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union is one of the original independent labor unions representing commercial fishermen in the U.S., ...

Recent and archival articles, essays, photographs, videos, infographics, writing prompts, lesson plans and more. By The Learning Network We asked students, “What are you thinking and feeling ...

Hawai’i’s local energy infrastructure issues have major implications for the security of U.S. forces in the Pacific.

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...