In the middle of the Pacific Ocean ... aren’t formed at plate boundaries. Instead, they appear in the middle of ocean plates, fueled by columns of rising hot rock called mantle plumes.

The first warning system, a series of tidal stations, was installed in the Pacific after a tsunami ... Subduction is the process by which an ocean plate nudges under a continental plate, usually ...

Wind and Earth’s spin keep the ocean’s surface currents constantly moving, and those currents are the main reason floating plastic and other debris travel so far. A prime example of this phenomenon is ...

On a wave-battered rock in the northern Pacific Ocean, a fish called the sculpin grips the surface firmly to maintain ...

The Pacific is the largest and the deepest ocean on our planet, stretching over 60 million square miles; that's close to 30% ...

Three brothers are hoping to set a record time for rowing across the Pacific Ocean - having already conquered the Atlantic. Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean, from Edinburgh, start their four-month ...

However, this expansive vision obscures a fundamental reality: India’s security, influence, and maritime identity are deeply anchored in the Indian Ocean, not the broader Indo-Pacific.

Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ocean’s surface. It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The problem is that ...

With less than 90 days until the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the largest global gathering ever dedicated to the ocean, nations across the Western Pacific committed to fostering ...

An exploration of the Pacific Ocean's role in shaping history through trade, exploration, warfare, and cultural exchange, highlighting its influence on global connections and power dynamics.