At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, an extraordinary structure has formed. Scientists are unsure what it is and continue to ...

This formation is called the Melanesian Boundary Plateau. ...

As proposed, the Arctic Ocean Monument would encompass all U.S. federal waters (3-200 miles offshore) from the Northern ...

President Biden has failed to protect America’s ocean ecosystems, despite his professed goal of protecting 30 percent of the nation’s oceans by 2030, due to his prioritization of local ...

In 1947, a Norwegian explorer crossed the Pacific on a wooden boat to challenge theories about ancient migration.

The outflow of untreated sewage into California's coastal waters has created environmental, health and economic problems for ...

This border city has long suffered from sewage spills. But for many residents in one of Southern California’s last affordable ...

This remote area of the South Pacific, 34 times larger than France, is the graveyard for hundreds of derelict spacecraft – ...

Does the Ring of Fire have anything to do with this? Vanuatu sits within the Ring of Fire—a belt of tectonic activity that ...

At the ICJ, Tuvalu and AOSIS presented their arguments on the ongoing existential struggles caused by the climate ...

Wayfinding, the art of sea navigation without modern tools, takes center stage in Disney's "Moana" films. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to an expert about wayfinding and its cultural significance.

These negotiations represent a once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the plastics crisis, and we cannot afford to fail.