All of Earth's deepest ocean trenches are located in the Pacific Ocean, a result of intense tectonic plate subduction. These ...

For India, China's Indian Ocean power projection, maritime domain awareness, dual-use ports, underwater surveillance, ...

Mother Ocean Day is Saturday, May 9, so here’s a few facts about our waters.

About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water-covered, and the oceans hold about 96.5% of all Earth’s water. Water also exists in ...

A powerful tsunami seen from space is overturning what scientists thought they knew about how these waves travel.

The UK Centre for Seabed Mapping will carry out a new campaign, known as CSM2026, to examine and map the seabed along the southwest coast of the United Kingdom. Four-Week Expediti ...

One species’ trash is another’s treasure. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean is now home to dozens of species, and the floating plastic island emphasizes how human civilization can ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An extreme marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean off California is breaking daily temperature records, with ...

A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arrival. Subscribe to read this ...

A super typhoon is taking aim at several remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean, lashing Guam with heavy rain and tropical storm-force wind gusts hours before its arrival. Super Typhoon Sinlaku is ...

It was a dramatic grand finale to a 10-day mission that revealed not only swaths of the lunar far side never seen before by human eyes, but a total solar eclipse and a parade of planets, most notably ...

Artemis II Orion capsule splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, Friday, April 10, 2026. (EDITOR’S NOTE: This Handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not ...