Sailing the southern Pacific Ocean in 1769, two of history’s greatest navigators drafted a remarkable map. One was the British explorer Captain James Cook.The other was Tupaia, an aristocratic ...

Warming of the Southern Ocean is linked to increased precipitation on Pacific coasts, with East Asia experiencing wetter summers and the western U.S. seeing wetter winters.

The ocean off the coast of Southern California is 2.4 inches higher today than it was in 2000, according to the state’s newest five-year report on the rising sea, a draft version of which was ...