There's a strange slice of Planet Earth deep below the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island which may explain the East Pacific Rise, the world's fastest spreading ocean ridge, according to scientists.

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The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists. Sea surface temperatures ...

The National Hurricane Center said Thursday morning, June 26, it is continuing to keep an eye on a system in the Pacific Ocean that has the potential to continue strengthening. The hurricane center ...

The warm weather welcomed some aquatic friends to the Bay Area this Friday. NBC Bay Area's SkyRanger helicopter captured several dolphins gliding through the sparkling waters of the Pacific Ocean on ...

HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a ...

A courageous Canadian father drowned attempting to save his 5-year-old daughter who was swept out to sea during California’s ...

Radar data from NASA shows increasing rates of landslides along the Palos Verdes Peninsula, south of Los Angeles, threatening hundreds of structures. Data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed ...

The Trump administration on Thursday announced plans to open federal waters in the Pacific Ocean to new oil and gas leases ...

A Southern California coastal area long prone to landslides continues to inch toward the ocean at a rising speed posing danger to human life and infrastructure, a new NASA report shows. The Palos ...