A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

The summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa are now also targets of the strong high pressure ridge north of the state causing the ...

Magma from the mantle finds its way to the surface, where it erupts as lava or ash and gas—sometimes in spectacular spurts, ...

And "the Phoenix Plate is nothing but a small piece between the southern tip of South America and the Antarctic Peninsula, the area of ocean called the Drake Passage," Lam said. Although the Pacific ...

French Polynesia is a pivotal element of France’s strategy in the Pacific – and offers a compelling case study for shared sovereignty within the French Republic.

The U.S. Pacific Air Forces previously told Newsweek that its spy aircraft were conducting "planned, routine operations" in ...

This part of Texas is one of the most flood-prone areas in the entire world. Here’s a look at some of the region’s worst floods on record.

Herbert was haunted by the specter of unstoppable dunes. In Dune, he imagined a desert that swallowed an entire planet—an ...

Both the U.S. and China have deployed warships to the South Pacific Ocean this year, vying for naval dominance in the region.

A new tropical rainstorm has formed in the eastern Pacific in the wake of Dalila, but the Atlantic Ocean remains quiet for now.

The eastern Pacific Ocean has spawned a new tropical storm, Dalila, which will swipe southern Mexico with flooding downpours and gusty winds.