Deep beneath the waves of the Pacific Ocean, a powerful force is stirring that has scientists watching more closely than ever ...

Driven by lessons from World War II and China’s expanding presence, Japan’s strategic orientation is pivoting eastward into the Pacific.

Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...

Researchers have uncovered surprising evidence that the deep ocean’s carbon-fixing engine works very differently than long assumed. While ammonia-oxidizing archaea were thought to dominate carbon ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

The Mississippi River is more than 1,800 miles from the Pacific Ocean, but the two major bodies of water have both been ...

Oceanographers studying the Atlantic Ocean are revisiting an old assumption using newer data and slower, more detailed ...

OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City High School boys swimming team’s victory Friday meant a little more, especially to coach Shane McGrath.

A global team of scientists reports that Earth’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any year since modern observations began. The findings, published today (January 9) in Advances in ...

Surfers and swimmers were back in the water off Pacific Grove, Ca., less than a week after the presumed fatal shark attack on ...