Pacific Ocean
Vancouver Considers Abandoning Parts of the Coast Because of Climate Change
The city’s new report on sea level rise looks at many options to protect coastal areas from flooding. For the first time, moving people away from the coast altogether is one of them.
This Free-Diving Wonder Woman Kills Octopi with Her Bare Teeth
Kimi Werner is a Hawaiian wonder woman/goddess living everybody’s dream life, eating fresh seafood every day that she catches herself and getting paid to surf. We spoke with her to find out how that feels like.
'Super' El Niño Looks Set to Ruin the Lives of Many of the World's Most Vulnerable People
The weather phenomenon could cause at least 10 million people to go hungry, while an additional four million people across the Pacific could find themselves without water.
We Asked an Expert What the 2015 El Niño Will Mean for Australia
The largest El Niño in close to two decades is currently developing in the Pacific Ocean.
California Kids Are Now Eating 'Rattail Fish' at School
A new seafood program created by seafood purveyors Real Good Fish is now connecting schools to local fishermen through a service called Bay2Tray and providing delicious rattail filets for students.
Watch This Robot Livestream From the Ocean Floor Off Canada's Pacific Coast
The annual expedition will service Ocean Networks Canada's undersea cabled observatories and gather new scientific data along the way.
The Hunt for Narco Subs
If Colombian narco sub busts are so rare, how many drug-loaded semi-submersibles go by undetected?
This Former Nuclear Industry Executive Claims the Fukushima Cleanup Plan Is Infeasible
We talked to nuclear industry engineer Arnie Gunderson about the ongoing aftermath of the infamous 2011 nuclear disaster.
A Huge Algae Bloom Off the Pacific Coast Is Poisoning Shellfish and Sea Lions
Scientists say the combination of especially warm ocean temperatures and large amount of agricultural runoff is contributing to the large — and toxic — bloom.
The Canadian Government Made an Arctic Propaganda Video Game and I Keep Dying in It
When good propaganda goes bad.
There's a 'Warm Blob' in the Pacific and It's Partly to Blame for BC Forest Fires, California Drought, Hurricanes
The US climate scientist who named "the blob" says it provides a preview of what climate change holds in store for the West Coast.