A discovery from the "complete darkness" of the Pacific Ocean seafloor is testing the scientific consensus on how oxygen is made and has even called into question the origins of life on Earth, a new ...

Deep-sea researchers have launched a groundbreaking project to investigate "dark oxygen"—a form of oxygen produced in total darkness on the ocean floor. The initiative follows last year's discovery of ...

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pacific Life has announced plans to give $9.5 million in charitable contributions throughout 2025, supporting the communities where it operates, both in the ...

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Scientists have discovered and explored a giant hydrothermal system at the bottom of the Pacific, which could provide a window into the origins of life on Earth. When you purchase through links on our ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or GPGP for short, isn't exactly what you might have heard. It's not a floating garbage land-mass twice the size of Texas that you can settle, even though it kind of ...

Some 1,400 kilometers off the coast of Chile, rare deep-sea creatures drift along a garden of sponges and corals that grow along the flanks of a 3,100-meter-tall undersea mountain. A monthlong survey ...

In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California ...

Look at any world map and you'll see that the Pacific is the largest ocean. But how did it get so big? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

May 28 - The ocean is our lifeblood. It is our provider, the foundation of our cultures, and our home. But it is changing before our eyes. Growing up in Samoa, an island nation ringed by a vast blue ...