A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

In the Atlantic Ocean, these atmospheric heat engines, fueled by ocean water warmer than 80 degrees, are called hurricanes; in the South Pacific islands as well as near Australia and in the Indian ...

A major earthquake has rattled Tonga, an archipelago nation in the South Pacific Ocean that comprises some 170 islands. The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the 7.0 magnitude quake struck roughly ...

The South Pacific Ocean is the world's largest marine habitat, containing critical breeding grounds and migratory routes for 11 of the world's great whale species. The Cook Islands, Fiji, French ...