The Metals Company is applying for permission from the Trump administration to mine for nickel and cobalt beneath a remote ...

The Eastern Pacific Ocean spans the west coast of the Americas, crossing 13 countries from Canada to Chile. WWF focuses our ...

The Pacific Islands were well represented at the conference, with the Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Fiji, ...

Noise pollution from deep-sea mining carries an invisible risk for sea life, warn researchers, urging greater transparency from the industry to help mitigate the harms.

The Pacific Ring of Fire is a tectonically active region with frequent earthquakes and volcanoes, spanning 40,000 km around ...

In fact, the top six countries for ocean garbage are China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Thailand, according to a 2015 study in the journal Science.

In the 1950s, the Pacific Ocean was considered an empty space by the Euro-American powers. With the onset of the arms race during the Cold War, some of the colonial powers used the Pacific as a ...

Two other countries in the Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands and Solomon Islands, reported their first infections in October. In Samoa, workers who serviced a ship with COVID-19-positive crew ...

The Pacific Ocean produces oxygen, helps regulates the weather, provides food and livelihoods. It's a place of fun, solace and spiritual connection. But its delicate ecology is under threat.

Wednesday’s launch marks the first time China has tested an ICBM over the Pacific Ocean in more than four decades. In 1980, China test-fired its first ICBM, the DF-5, into the South Pacific from ...

The Pacific Ocean controls ENSO, which in turn affects weather patterns around the world. But as water temperatures rise, ENSO is thrown off balance.