Southwest of Tongatapu, the main island of the Tongan archipelago, lies the depopulated island of 'Ata in the South Pacific Ocean. In June 1965, a group of six Tongan youths became stranded on the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The contributions and sacrifices by a group of Native Hawaiians to claim a remote group of islands in the Pacific Ocean prior to World War II is receiving national ...

Over 80 people gathered Sunday at Ala Moana Beach Park for a paddle-out ceremony opposing deep-sea mining, joining a global ...

A UCL-led group of world-leading scientists is joining Pacific sailors on a voyage like no other – to understand how ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

April 17 (UPI) --U.S. commercial fishers can operate in the formerly off-limits Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. "Commercial fishing is ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- An ocean-going research project we told you about last year is suddenly yielding a surprising result. Scientists believe it could signal significant changes ahead for the ...

The Pacific Islands are being hit harder than most, suffering a “triple whammy” of ocean heating, sea level rise and acidification, which is harming ecosystems, damaging crops, contaminating ...

Japan said it observed two Chinese aircraft carriers and supporting warships operating simultaneously near remote Japanese islands in the Pacific Ocean for the first time, a new demonstration of ...

Two decommissioned U.S. Navy vessels sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean off the northern coast of Kauai, a Hawaiian island, during live-fire sinking exercises, according to a U.S. 3rd Fleet ...