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

Did you know that there's a garbage patch twice the size of Texas floating in the Pacific Ocean? What's more, this trash pool is almost entirely made up of plastic. How bad do you think that is for ...

For years, scientists have struggled to solve the "plastic paradox"—the mystery of millions of tons of missing plastic.

Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.

The National Hurricane Center said June 26 a system in the Pacific Ocean could become a tropical depression in the coming days.

The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) functions like Earth's atmospheric traffic controller, directing summer monsoon flows that regulate rainfall and temperatures across East Asia. When ...

Researchers and scientists found a part of an 80-year-old damaged World War II warship more than 600 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean.

Plastic waste in the ocean has continued to be a topic of interest in the United States and globally. This plastic study will bring experts together to study the United States contributions to global ...

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the freezing dusk of Chile's capital on Saturday to watch a performance calling for greater protection of the world's oceans. (AP video shot by Alexandre ...

Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its remote location, the archipelago is impacted by floating plastic trash.

Plastic particles less than one micrometre in size are found across the globe – from the peaks of the Alps to the depths of the oceans. A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ...