The Pacific ocean is the biggest geographical feature on the plaent, bigger than all the Earth's continents combined. The story of how it got its name however is actually pretty simple, so have some ...

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain ...

Along with nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, iron is essential for the growth of microscopic phytoplankton in the ocean ...

(KGO) -- An ocean-going research project ... said the animals typically migrate across the Pacific in search of food, following a path called the North Pacific Convergent Zone.

Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to vegetation washed into the sea, they traveled one-fifth of the way around the world ...

THE OCEAN CLEANUP HANDOUT / EPA / MAXPPP Like a chunky soup. In the subtropical gyre of the North Pacific Ocean, home to the North Pacific Garbage Patch – better known as the "plastic continent ...