The Latest Breaking News from the Pacific Ocean

The Mexican city of Mazatlán is the first place the total solar eclipse will be visible as it emerges over the Pacific Ocean today, and the weather here is perfect.

The eclipse's trajectory will commence over the Pacific Ocean, making its way through Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, before concluding its journey over the Atlantic Ocean.

Isabella Aiona Abbott became the authority on algae of the Pacific Ocean. But it all started on the beaches of Hawaii as a young girl — helping her mother gather seaweed to cook traditional Hawaiian food.

China’s expanding naval presence in the Pacific Ocean and the South and East China seas has become a major focus for Australia, the US and its allies.

Scientists aboard the Falkor (too) research vessel have documented, for the first time, an extinct volcano towering 5,250 feet above the seabed in international waters in the Pacific Ocean.

The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant says the release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean has ended safely as planned

A newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October.

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort city’s buildings weren’t designed to handle anything close to Otis’ 165 mph winds.

Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch