Scenes from the ground in the middle of the Pacific Ocean following a massive earthquake in Russia, and the resulting tsunami ...

This remote Pacific island dive spot is dripping with intrigue, from its dark U.S. military past, to the shipwrecks and ...

(Reuters) -A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami ...

A powerful magnitude 8.7 earthquake off Russias Kamchatka Peninsula, has put over 40 Pacific countries and islands under ...

A tsunami hit coastal areas of Russia’s Kuril Islands and Japan after a powerful, 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the ...

From French Polynesia to the South American coasts to Alaska and California, alert systems were triggered after an ...

Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated US territory and Pacific island wildlife refuge with a complicated military history, is no ...

A colossal magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on Tuesday, sending tremors through the Pacific ...

For centuries people have braved the ocean to bring back yellowfin, skipjack, bigeye and albacore for their families.

More information: Michael W Burnett et al, Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls, Environmental Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8c66 ...

What’s new: More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...

Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...