El Nino is increasingly likely to return later this year, bringing potentially significant impacts to our weather, the ...

How to use webcams, forecasts and tide charts to pick the perfect Bay Area beach for your day out — to ensure toasty temperatures and no fog.

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

Scientists have documented surface currents in the Northern Hemisphere that turn left of the wind, not right. That reversal changes how researchers may forecast weather, track floating debris, and ...

Climate troublemaker El Niño can cause heat waves, droughts and flooding around the world. There are signs the next El Niño could fuel heat records.

Scientists see a rapid climate shift as models hint El Niño may return this summer, potentially suppressing hurricanes during peak season.

There are increasing indications El Niño is likely to form and strengthen into potentially a significant event during the next several months, throwing weather patterns worldwide out of whack and ...

Mexican authorities Monday released images showing its Navy seizing packages of suspected cocaine during a maritime operation in the Pacific Ocean Friday.

Oceans are rising as the climate changes, threatening coastal cities. A new study shows that much more of the world's ...

The U.S. military said it killed six men Sunday in a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers.

Climate change’s rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters al ...

A new study found that many of our predictions on sea-level rise have been predicated on inaccurate starting numbers. In many ...