Westerly wind bursts can trigger the beginning of a shift from La Niña to El Niño, a change that can have big consequences ...

Long before modern climate change, shifts in the Pacific Ocean altered rainfall, triggered droughts, and helped bring down powerful civilizations. Through patterns like El Nino, the ocean reshaped ...

The Pentagon announced a new strike and the deaths of four people aboard a boat apparently carrying drugs in the Pacific ...

A Coast Guard sniper stops a narco-boat in the Eastern Pacific during a major cocaine seizure caught on camera.

An earthquake of 6.5 magnitude struck the North Pacific Ocean, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

Hundreds of millions of years from now, Earth will look unrecognizable as the globe’s largest ocean vanishes, and researchers say the continent “Amasia” will form from the collision of North America ...

Researchers have discovered an “unexpected” accumulation of the radioactive isotope beryllium-10, deep underneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The team hopes their discovery could serve as an ...

In a shocking geological jolt, a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the North Pacific Ocean, prompting rapid assessments amid concerns over potential aftershocks.

The world's largest ocean basin is also the oldest. A basin is "a depression, or dip, in the Earth's surface," according to National Geographic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest, deepest and oldest ...