The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big?Covering about 63 million square miles (163 million square kilometers) — ...

Midas carrying 3,000 new vehicles sinks in North Pacific after fire forces crew evacuation. Environmental monitoring underway ...

The NATO summit held in The Hague on June 24-25 may be remembered less for its urgent reaffirmations -- support for Ukraine ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan was struck by an earthquake about 71 kilometers (44.1 miles) south of Hualien City, monitoring agencies said. The quake hit seconds after cell phone alarms went off at ...

A cargo ship carrying over 3,000 vehicles, including electric models, sank in the North Pacific after a fire disabled its ...

Lava flows, near mile-thick glaciers and ice age floods layered and carved up this landscape.

[MEXICO CITY, SciDev.Net] 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. Noise ...

Warming waters are causing the colors of the ocean to change -- a trend that could impact humans if it were to continue, ...

As Earth's largest carbon reservoir, the ocean locks carbon away from the atmosphere. However, scientists still struggle to ...

Chinese aircraft conducted surveillance flights over the Philippine Sea near Japan’s southwest islands Monday, according to ...