“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who along with his wife, Teurumereariki Hinano Murphy, has advocated with ...

The El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most influential interannual climate phenomena in the global ...

One Hawaiian island that draws the majority of visitors to the state is sinking into the Pacific Ocean a little more every ...

People along the densely populated Pacific coasts are exposed to strongly fluctuating rainfall patterns: In East Asia, heavy ...

China is expanding its military reach and presence within the three Pacific island chains with the world's largest navy.

From tragedy on PCH to fires taking the apartments of students, the location of Pepperdine University is a source of anxiety ...

A mysterious structure spotted in the Pacific was first thought to be a long-lost shipwreck. What researchers found instead ...

Disney on Ice, Shen Yun, and the Great American RV Show are back in Colorado, Red Rocks hosts two concerts, and the Nuggets, ...

With some of the largest Exclusive Economic Zones in the world, Pacific Island states are leveraging legal frameworks to advance ocean justice. This approach aims to ensure that historically ...

The Aquarium focuses on three main regions of the Pacific Ocean: The Tropical Pacific, the Southern California/Baja region, and the Northern Pacific. Each region is known for different animals and ...

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and one giant ocean away.

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