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Geoscientists from the University of Toronto have made a breakthrough discovery that adds new dimensions to the theory of ...

Many are aware of the dire challenges with plastic waste polluting the ocean, but new research shows it may harm wildlife in ...

Selective breeding programs, such as CGIAR’s Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia initiative, show how science can shape ...

Hurricane season is just weeks away, and the Pacific Ocean is cooling off again. That’s important because it can create ...

Certain places on Earth seem far too extreme to support life, but that assumption is far from true. Rather, life apparently ...

The Argo program collects data vital to global weather forecasting and developing seasonal scale forecasts like El Niño and La Niña, for producing drought forecasts across the U.S., and for mapping ...

Members of the Trump administration signaled that Papahānaumokuākea, the protected area around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, could be next. President Donald Trump has opened one the largest ...

The Pacific paradise of Tuvalu is one of the most remote nations in the world, surrounded by bountiful exotic fish and colorful corals. Located between Australia and Hawaii, the country is so ...

American Discovery Trail hiker Stephen Gefell, of Rochester, New York, passed through Madison Friday on his way to the Pacific Ocean. Beginning his trek in Cape Hamilton, Delaware, on Feb. 23, Gefell ...

According to the Marine Species Report Card, issued in Feb. by the Aquarium of the Pacific, populations of the state’s official marine fish, Garibaldi, are stable, but warming ocean temperatures ...