Members of the Trump administration signaled that Papahānaumokuākea, the protected area around the Northwestern Hawaiian ...

Map showing the Emperor Seamount Chain in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy of Pew Charitable Trusts. The DSCC and other conservation groups criticized the NPFC for failing to take ...

Fisheries scientists who were fired by the Trump administration say they've been living in limbo as their work is sidelined.

something that rarely happens in the Pacific Northwest, which is dominated by cooler air coming off the Pacific Ocean and doesn’t have a source of warm, moist air. Thunderstorms are far more ...

The tumultuous ocean conditions come as a "large Pacific cyclone" begins to impact the Pacific Northwest, an NWS forecast said. On Oregon's coast, breaking waves could reach up to 32 feet ...

which will one day stretch 126 miles from Puget Sound to the Pacific Ocean. Other activities include whale watching and kayaking. Visit the Marine Science Center and Northwest Maritime Center.

La Niña has officially ended, and the tropical Pacific Ocean is now in a neutral state, meaning it’s not showing the typical patterns of either La Niña or El Niño. “Neutral conditions are ...