The Pacific Ocean is notorious for unpredictable weather, including strong winds, storms, and turbulence. Extended flight ...

The fascinating story of Portugal and its role in the Age of Discovery. From explorers to colonial empires, Portugal's legacy ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is actively searching for a Coast Guard member who was reported "unaccounted for" aboard the CGC Waesche while operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The CGC Waesche ...

a region along the Los Angeles County coast that juts into the Pacific Ocean and is home to the affluent Rancho Palos Verdes community. It sits about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is known for its frequent landslides. A coastal community in Southern California is shifting downslope -- and closer to the Pacific Ocean -- at a rapid rate, according ...

Pacific allies don’t usually air their dirty laundry in public. But a rare on-the-record dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the poor and isolated island nation ...

Over two years would pass until the Allies reached their great turning point in the Pacific War: the defeat of the Japanese at Guadalcanal in February 1943. The Japanese were placed on the ...

Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...