An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.

The origin point of the Palisades fire could be around a beloved hiking trail with ocean views — and where another fire was ...

A team of geophysicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a baffling discovery while analyzing earthquake waves to ...

After months of speculation, meteorologists say the Pacific Ocean has finally picked a side, and it’s going with La Niña. The news broke on January 9 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

Everyone knows California is disaster-prone. But wildfires are supposed to be in the hills, not on the beach, and certainly ...

Aerial view of LA fires shows devastation as communities try to bounce back from a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle ...

The Pacific Ocean is disappearing, which will eventually lead to the emergence of a vast new supercontinent called Amasia, research suggests. Scientists in Australia and China believe the ocean is ...

A La Niña advisory is in effect. La Niña occurs when the ocean's surface temperatures in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific reach a specific cooler-than-average level, as circled below.

The Palisades Fire is along the California coast, prompting people to question why firefighters aren’t using the Pacific Ocean to help extinguish the fires. One viral X post with 29 million ...

Around 80 percent of tsunamis occur in the Pacific Ocean because of the extensive tectonic plate activity, which has led scientists to dub the area the ‘Ring of Fire.’ The powerful natural ...

The Pacific Ocean or Mare Pacificum, meaning “peaceful sea,” was dubbed so by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 after his treacherous journey to find the “Spice Islands” in ...