The Latest Breaking News from Pacific Ocean

Despite Pacific Ocean moving into a La Niña phase, this year is forecast to be one of three warmest years on record

If you have visited an island like one of the Hawaiian Islands, Tahiti or Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, you may have noticed how small these land masses appear against the vast Pacific Ocean. If you’re on Hawaii, the nearest island to you is more than 1,000 miles…

Long considered a day of mourning by New Caledonia's indigenous population, 24 September is infamous on the Pacific Ocean islands as the date France claimed them in 1853. With unrest flaring once again over the question of self-determination, this year's anniversary is expected to be especially tense.

The European Space Agency's Salsa satellite safely deorbited on Sunday (Sept. 8) over a hand-picked region of the South Pacific Ocean.

Every winter and spring, great white sharks that usually dwell off the coast of California gather in a remote section of ocean the size of Colorado — and scientists are slowly piecing together why.

A single coral in Fiji that is more than 600 years old has recorded how Pacific Ocean temperatures have varied during its long life.

Gilma has strengthened to a powerful Category 3 hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean

Gilma became the second hurricane of this year’s eastern Pacific Ocean season and is forecast to remain away from land

Tropical Storm Gilma has strengthened in the eastern Pacific Ocean and is forecast to remain away from land this week