WASHINGTON (CN) – A 111-page decree that the Supreme Court published Monday clarifies the U.S. government and California’s respective Pacific Ocean rights. Since the Supreme Court first published the ...

Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering oceanographers. The ...

The Pacific Ocean's western boundary current, which forms a critical regulator of sea surface temperature and weather patterns, has significantly strengthened as the planet warms, according to a new ...

Ocean currents are the primary drivers of water mixing between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. These currents, generated by wind, the Earth’s rotation, and differences in water density ...

Their locations below large water sources — including the western Pacific — and deep into landmasses mean they are far away from normal plate boundaries, an anomaly for such huge areas.

In the open ocean between South America and Antarctica, the boundary between the Pacific and the Atlantic is famously choppy; the Drake Passage is known for waves that can reach 60 feet (18 meters ...