a region along the Los Angeles County coast that juts into the Pacific Ocean and is home to the affluent Rancho Palos Verdes community. It sits about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively searching for a Coast Guard member who was reported "unaccounted for" aboard the CGC Waesche while operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The CGC Waesche ...

Pacific allies don’t usually air their dirty laundry in public. But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the poor and isolated island nation ...

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is known for its frequent landslides. A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope -- and closer to the Pacific Ocean -- at a rapid rate, according ...

Researchers used a remotely operated vehicle from REV Ocean to examine the site closely. Professor Giuliana Panieri from UiT called the discovery “exceptional.” She noted that, while volcanoes ...

Hundreds of Pacific Islanders with convictions are expected to be deported from the U.S., newspapers in Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Marshall Islands have reported, prompting concern over the ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal in February 1943. The Japanese were placed on the ...

The residential area shifted toward the Pacific Ocean as much as 4 inches — per week — during a four-week period last fall.

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...