The Pacific ocean is the biggest geographical feature on the plaent, bigger than all the Earth's continents combined. The story of how it got its name however is actually pretty simple ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for the past 30 years, defying the broad global trend and baffling scientists. The surprising and rapid rise in ocean ...

2 min read The Ring of Fire is a roughly 25,000-mile chain of volcanoes and seismically active sites that outline the Pacific Ocean. Also known as the Circum-Pacific Belt, the Ring of Fire traces ...

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

Fugitive businessman Lalit Modi has filed an application with the Indian high commission in London to surrender his Indian passport. Modi was earlier learnt to have acquired citizenship of Vanuatu, an ...

These storms, and the swells they create, are facts of nature ... swells moving north into the Pacific Ocean. The swell first reached Tahiti, where waves closed most of the south-facing coast ...

Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are among nearly 700 species that eat and get caught in plastic litter. It's time to get at the root of this ocean ...

This striking satellite image reveals a giant, near-perfect cloud circle that formed in the heart of the Pacific Ocean more than a decade ago. While this type of cloud is not uncommon, it is ...

Here are ten key facts about Vanuatu ... Vanuatu is an archipelago of about 80 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean, between Fiji and Australia. It spans over 1,300 km but has a total ...