La Niña has officially ended, and the tropical Pacific Ocean is now in a neutral state, meaning it’s not showing the typical patterns of either La Niña or El Niño. “Neutral conditions are expected to ...

Far below the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles off the Oregon coast, lies Axial Seamount, the most active underwater volcano in ...

A new study shares how scientists have gained an unprecedented look at how tsunami waves spread across the ocean.

A flurry of tropical cyclone activity over the past two weeks in the eastern Pacific Ocean just off the west coast of Mexico has produced three named storms so far — with more storms expected. Early ...

The NASA and CNES jointly operated SWOT satellite recorded the massive July 29, 2025 Kuril-Kamchatka Pacific tsunami in high ...

It’s back!!! The “blob” has returned. No, not the 1958 sci-fi film of the same name starring a young Steve McQueen in his first leading role. This “blob” is the marine heatwave that now spans much of ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? Covering about 63 million square miles (163 million square kilometers) — ...

The typically unremarkable central Pacific hurricane basin saw a surprising uptick in storms in late July as both major Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli spun harmlessly far from land. "The ...

Oliver Widger prepares to set sail from Oregon to Hawaii. An Oregon man has amassed a large social media following as he sails across the Pacific Ocean for the first time with his cat. When Oliver ...

Most people would be somewhat alarmed at the prospect of spending over 100 days alone with their siblings, let alone if they had to do so on a cramped boat in the middle of the ocean. But three ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning circulation—play a pivotal role in shaping the diversity and function of microbial life ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the ...