A new study has investigated how future changes in weather patterns could affect the tropical Pacific Ocean and its ecosystems. The research, based on complex computer models, has shown that these ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? Covering about 63 million square miles (163 million square ...

A research mission uncovered five new hydrothermal vents in a highly volcanic region of the eastern Pacific Ocean. ... active thermal locations known at the East Pacific Rise, near 10°N latitude.

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean on Earth. It spans 60 million square miles from California to China, and in certain regions extends tens of thousands of feet below the surface ...

Unexpectedly, the eastern Pacific Ocean is cooling. If this “cold tongue” continues, it could reduce greenhouse gas warming by 30 per cent – but also bring megadrought to the US ...

Storms that form in the region, which derive their strength from ocean waters often higher than 85 degrees, can affect Mexico and the United States. Sometimes, eastern Pacific hurricanes track ...