California researchers made a grim discovery earlier this month when ash and debris from the Los Angeles fires were found floating far offshore in the Pacific Ocean. Plumes of dark smoke and detritus, ...

Researchers who discovered “dark oxygen” on the ocean floor are planning a new project to learn even more about their mysterious—and controversial—finding. Last year, the scientists made headlines ...

According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method ...

The Obama administration yesterday announced its intention to designate a vast portion of U.S.-controlled areas of the Pacific Ocean as a nature preserve. Although packaged as part of the president’s ...

A firestorm that engulfed parts of Southern California took place within sight of the Pacific Ocean, causing some to wonder ...

A La Niña advisory is in effect. La Niña occurs when the ocean's surface temperatures in the central and east-central ...

Salt water from the ocean is an option for fighting L.A.'s fires, but it's more complicated than simply going to the beach to ...

A long-awaited La Niña has finally appeared, but meteorologists say the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters is weak and ...

An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.

The deployment will last several months and is scheduled to conduct exercises in Japan and other regional islands.

After months of speculation, meteorologists say the Pacific Ocean has finally picked a side, and it’s going with La Niña. The news broke on January 9 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...