A marine heat wave covering an area eight times the size of the United States could soon fuel serious storms and extreme heat.

NASA satellites are tracking a rising ocean surface as El Niño returns. Warm water expansion indicates significant heat storage deep below the ocean. This stored heat fuels El Niño's potential to alter global weather patterns significantly.

Melting and breaking icebergs in the far-off northeastern Pacific Ocean can weaken a massive current system in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a University of California, Davis study published in Nature Communications.

Tropical Storm Elida could become a hurricane later this week, reaching "peak intensity" by Friday.

NOAA data shows the Pacific off California just had its warmest June in 177 years. A strengthening El Niño, deadly European heat records and the 50th straight above-average June round out the report.

Tropical Storm Elida has formed in the Pacific Ocean, with forecasters confirming it currently poses no threat to land. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reported Wednesday that the storm's center was situated approximately 565 miles (909 kilometers) south-southwest of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

President Trump is signing a proclamation to restore commercial fishing within three marine monuments in the Pacific Ocean.

The Ocean of Peace Declaration signed last year by Pacific Islands Forum members recognised the role of civil society in peacebuilding. However, the emphasis of the initiative seems to have quickly shifted.

A man wanted by police ran into the water and was taken into custody more than an hour later after returning to shore.