The Latest Breaking News from Pacific Ocean

Officially it is just a research vessel, but China's newly unveiled drone carrier is a clear sign Beijing is rushing to deploy an autonomous swarm of unmanned devices in its push for military supremacy in the Pacific Ocean. State media last month showed the launching of the Zhu Hai Yun…

Scientists are watching an area in Pacific Ocean that has been unusually cool – a signal current La Niña could linger

The entire population of the Pitcairn Islands - 35 permanent residents - will make the Pacific Ocean territory the last place in the Commonwealth to light a beacon as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration later Thursday.

Recently launched space vehicle over the southwest Pacific Ocean caught a sensational view of an active underwater volcano.

The San Jose Sharks’s hiring of Mike Grier makes the league the last to hire a Black GM among the four major North American pro sports.

The Kavachi volcano, also known as Sharkano, erupted deep beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean where some sharks are able to survive the harsh conditions

Plastic particles smaller than 5mm (known as microplastics) are well-documented pollutants in ocean and freshwater habitats. The discovery of microplastics in the most remote rivers of the Himalayas and the deepest trenches of the Pacific Ocean has sparked widespread concern. But how much microplastic lies closer to home – buried…

Strong shake was felt at the epicentre of the quake on Macquarie Island

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck the Macquarie Island region in the southern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.