At least four Pacific-oriented radars are deployed in Alaska and the continental United States: the Long Range Discrimination ...

Recent heavy rainfall in Southern California has swelled the banks of local rivers which are now carrying significant amounts ...

Dog owners have been warned to keep dogs on leads at a popular beach while environmental groups warn the pellets, known as ...

Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city with more garbage than almost anywhere else. Many residents say that illegal dumping has inundated Oakland, Calif., a city ...

Google Maps could soon add a new “Aerial” button to Street View. The Aerial button will allow for a quick and seamless transition to Satellite View and back. The Aerial button even remembers the ...

In the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, swirling between Hawaii and California, lies one of humanity’s most visible environmental impacts: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Despite its frequent ...

Plastic debris often travels thousands of kilometers across oceans, carried solely by currents, wind, tides, and time. For example, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—a massive swirling zone between ...

In Hawaii, a volunteer cleanup crew is hauling more junk off Kauai’s beaches than ever before. In the 2024 Surfrider Foundation report, the nonprofit reported that its volunteers had removed more than ...

Photographs have been circulating online for years that supposedly depict where the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet. In the photographs, there is a clearly visible line between the two, and the water ...

Welcome to episode two of NPR Short Wave's summer series, Sea Camp! Today, we linger at the surface and revisit an episode about an ocean conundrum: Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ...

Tender documents seen by show reveal that Australia will significantly increase surveillance of Pacific Islands' territorial waters. The country plans to spend A$477m ($310.72m) on aerial patrols to ...