A marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean killed some 4 million common murres in Alaska, researchers say — the largest die-off of any bird species ever recorded in the modern era.
Trying to predict the scale and location of future dead zones, scientists have looked to the past for historical clues. Today’s largest open ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, ...
Hydrographer to the Admiralty from 1795, Dalrymple produced this work as part of his research into the belief at the time that there existed an undiscovered continent in the South Pacific. These ...
where victims of "blackbirding" endured horrific working conditions Shoshi Parks The newly described species of sea slug dwells in darkness in the ocean’s midnight zone, using a hood to capture ...
At 3:58pm (EST), 55 years ago on November 24, 1969, Apollo 12 completed its 10-day “Pinpoint Mission” with one more precise action, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean about 3 miles from its target ...