Many maps of the ocean floor are decades old. ... Kiribati is a Pacific island nation of about 130,000 people spread across 33 coral atolls, only 20 of which are inhabited.

The forward deployment of warships marks Washington's commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, the Navy ...

Tropical Storm Flossie is expected to continue to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said.

A brilliant map showed just how big the Pacific Ocean is. The Ocean, which is around 32 percent of the planet’s total surface area and 46 percent of its water surface, covers 165.25 million ...

Biogeographical regions of marine organisms, i.e., their distribution across different habitats, often overlap well with the ...

The Pacific Ocean, the largest and deepest of five oceans, has been a source of mystery and fascination for ages. That said, ...

An international team of geologists and seismologists has created a refined map of Zealandia, the submerged continent beneath the Pacific Ocean. Using data from rock samples and seismic analysis ...

Drainage, structural and ocean are the major types of basins. As for ocean basins, the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest, covering 63 million square miles, with deep depths averaging 13,000 feet.

The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, middle, sails in formation with other naval vessels in the Western Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2025.

Oceana.org reports great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean spend about half the year off the California coast and around Guadalupe Island, which is 150 miles off of Baja California, Mexico.