President Biden moves to protect oceans from offshore drilling. Here’s what that means
President Joe Biden has permanently banned offshore drilling along a majority of America’s coastline, including off the coast ...
A Gigantic Wave in The Pacific Ocean Was The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record
For centuries, rogue waves were considered nothing but nautical folklore. It wasn't until 1995 that myth became fact. On the first day of the new year, a nearly 26-meter-high wave (85 feet) suddenly ...
Scientists predict the Pacific Northwest’s most active (undersea) volcano will erupt this year
An undersea volcano off Oregon’s coast will likely erupt in 2025, scientists say. Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest – though one most people haven’t heard ...
Sunken worlds under the Pacific? High-res models reveal workings of Earth's mantle
Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...