Geologists have uncovered the remains of a massive tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean, a plate that had been hidden for ...

Researchers have dated back the oldest rocks of the Pacific Ocean 200 million years, according to the National Ocean Service. More than 30% of the Earth's surface is made up by the Pacific Ocean.

President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that supports deep sea mining in both United States and international ...

Extremely slow rocks deep in the ocean. I am on a hunt for stardust on Earth. Previously, I’ve sifted through snow in Antarctica. This time, it was the depths of the ocean. At a depth of about 5,000 ...

RPI researchers were the first to ever collect data during an underwater eruption on the Mid Ocean Ridge System. They happened to be on site to gather data from hydrothermal vents.

Pacific Ocean A 164-Foot Tsunami Pushed This Enormous Boulder Atop a Cliff in Tonga 7,000 Years Ago The hulking rock, called Maka Lahi, is the size of a two-story house and sits on a 120-foot-tall ...

The Trump administration is considering a first-of-its kind mining project at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But deep-sea mining has raised major environmental questions.

A deer swam an estimated two miles in the Pacific Ocean off Laguna Beach on Sunday, through surf as high as 4 feet and over submerged rocks, before eventually finding a safe haven in an Emerald ...