Chinese research ships are studying the seas for science and resources, but the data they gather could also be useful in a ...

Incredible map shows how big the Pacific Ocean is - enough room for all the world’s land The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of the earth's five oceans. However, not only is it the ...

Three U.S. Navy aircraft carriers remained underway in the Pacific Ocean this week while two others were undergoing a "carrier swap" on the West Coast of the United States.

A Chinese aircraft carrier on Tuesday sailed from the Western Pacific Ocean toward the Philippines while the United States was facing a "carrier gap" in the contested region again.

Some Pacific island nations have unilaterally moved the date line in order to simplify local time-keeping or to boost trading relationships within the Asia-Pacific region.

An international team of geologists and seismologists has created a newly refined map of Zealandia—considered to be the ‘eighth continent of the world’ that is beneath the Pacific Ocean ...

China says it successfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, a rare public test that analysts said was meant to send a message to the United States ...

TOKYO -- Two Chinese aircraft carriers were spotted in the Pacific Ocean over the weekend, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Monday, the first time simultaneous activity was confirmed in that ...

Drainage, structural and ocean are the major types of basins. As for ocean basins, the Pacific Ocean is the world's largest, covering 63 million square miles, with deep depths averaging 13,000 feet.

Sea levels in the Pacific Ocean are rising more rapidly than the global average, endangering low-lying island nations, a World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report revealed on Tuesday. While ...

A United States nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to its home port in Japan this week, ending the American "carrier gap" in the Western Pacific Ocean since the summer.

The United States has one of its six West Coast-based aircraft carriers operating in the Western Pacific Ocean again following a two-month surge deployment in the Middle East. And for the second ...