The Pacific ocean is the largest ocean in the world, covers 35% of the earth, and is twice as big as the Atlantic. The Atlantic ocean covers 21% of the earth and is a little more than half the size of the Pacific.

 Marine Life
All Signs Indicate a New Monster El Niño Is Coming
All Signs Indicate a New Monster El Niño Is Coming, August 5, 2013, By George Dvonsky, io9.com, Ocean conditions in the Pacific Ocean are increasingly suggestive of a potent El Niño event late
Amazing Waves Discovered in Deep-Ocean Trench
Amazing Waves Discovered in Deep-Ocean Trench, May 15, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, The longest consecutive train of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves ever seen in the sea was spott
Can you name the Countries Bordering Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Can you name the Countries Bordering Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? created by Isstvan Sporcle.com You've got 3 minutes to type in the names of the countries; think you know all of them?
Cashes Ledge - Video
Cashes Ledge, Ocean Portal, Smithsonian Natural Museum of Natural History, Video length: 04:06, Cashes Ledge is an underwater mountain range off the New England coast, which is home to a gre
Cool Pacific Ocean Slowed Global Warming
Cool Pacific Ocean Slowed Global Warming, February 26, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, "The Pacific was a planetary air conditioner for the past two decades, but the relief ma
Dead zones: Places where no animal can survive found in Atlantic Ocean
Dead zones: Places where no animal can survive found in Atlantic Ocean, May 3, 2015, RT News, A team of German and Canadian marine biologists have for the first time ever witnessed so-called 'd
Deep Diving Sub Streams Live From Unexplored Ocean
Deep Diving Sub Streams Live From Unexplored Ocean, April 13, 2015, By Patrick J. Kiger, Discovery News, "A robotic sub will dive 3.5 miles down to explore uncharted sea bottom in the Caribbean
Do Giant Plumes of Saharan Dust Explain Why We’re Having Such a Quiet Storm Season?
Do Giant Plumes of Saharan Dust Explain Why We’re Having Such a Quiet Storm Season?, August 13, 2015, By George Dvorsky, io9.com, NASA's Terra satellite recently captured this stunning photo o
Fossils Show How Ancient Seafloor Gave Rise to Life
Fossils Show How Ancient Seafloor Gave Rise to Life, August 31, 2015, By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor, 125-million-year-old microbes were trapped in ancient seafloor rocks by min
Just How Polluted Are Our Seas?
Just How Polluted Are Our Seas?, By Karol Blaszczak, September 16, 2013, Scribol Staff, "As alarming levels of mercury are found in the Pacific Ocean, we ask what this means for the marine lif
Marine Debris Program
Marine Debris Program NOAA Marine Debris Program Answers to the what, where, and how big questions about garbage patches located in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea
Ocean Trash: Marine Debris From Shore to Sea By Cristina Castillo, Wed, 07/27/2011 The Ocean Portal Blog Smithsonian Institute Short video and description from Smithsonian researchers on ocea
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Merged Earlier Than Previously Believed
Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Merged Earlier Than Previously Believed By Sara Goudarzi 20 April 2006 LiveScience.com "The Pacific and Atlantic oceans were separated by a giant landmass once, bu
Radioactivity in the Ocean: Diluted, But Far from Harmless
Radioactivity in the Ocean: Diluted, But Far from Harmless April 7, 2011 By Elizabeth Grossman Yale Environment 360 "With contaminated water from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear complex conti
Tracking the Destructive Power Of the Pacific Ocean's Tsunamis
Tracking the Destructive Power Of the Pacific Ocean's Tsunamis 22 MAR 2011: Interview Yale Environment 360 "The devastating tsunami in northeastern Japan is only one of many that have battered
Trash Islands - The Ocean Garbage Patch Trash Islands
Trash Islands - The Ocean Garbage Patch Trash Islands May 5 2010 From Amanda Briney, Contributing Writer, ThoughtCo. "Learn about the trash islands of the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, m
Wet (But Warm) Winter: Strong El Niño to Usher in Lots of Rain
Wet (But Warm) Winter: Strong El Niño to Usher in Lots of Rain, October 15, 2015, by Tia Ghose, Senior Writer, Live Science, A strong El Niño is brewing in the Pacific, which should bring warmer