After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in ...

A massive earthquake recently struck Myanmar and Thailand, leading to the collapse of multi-story buildings and causing widespread destruction. The tremors shook the foundations of old bridges, caused ...

Africa will divide in two, creating a new ocean in real time. Scientists say a sixth ocean is forming as East Africa splits ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in international waters controlled by a United Nations-affiliated organization.

The one-metre-long remotely operated vessel was supposed to travel 10,000 kilometres across the Pacific. But five days in, it ...

Ongoing wars and conflict around the world expose how international law and norms can be co-opted. With the US pulling out ...

In addition to affecting global weather patterns and temperatures, western boundary currents can drive ... that runs on the west side of the Pacific Ocean and along the east side of Japan has ...

"Currently, 32 countries have backed a moratorium or precautionary pause on deep sea mining, including Tuvalu, Palau, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, ...

Residents of the border city of Imperial Beach claim Veolia failed to stop dumping sewage into the Pacific Ocean and local ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...