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Hurricane Fausto Heads Toward Hawaii as Swells Threaten U.S. West Coast

Forecasts show Fausto will likely weaken before reaching the islands because cooler waters and stronger upper-level winds should erode the storm.

U.S. and Allies Sink Two Decommissioned Warships in RIMPAC SINKEXs

El Niño Is Rapidly Intensifying and May Be the Strongest on Record

El Niño Confirmed and Likely Record-Strong, Posing Major Economic Risks

Tropical Storm Elida Strengthens Off Mexico, Poised to Become First Eastern Pacific Hurricane

Kelsey Pfendler Sets Speed Record Rowing Solo From Monterey to Hawaii

Oceans Reach Record June Heat as El Niño Declared

Crab Trapped and Grown Inside Floating Plastic Bottle, Study Shows

Kelsey Pfendler Completes Solo Monterey‑to‑Hawaii Row and Appears to Set New Speed Mark

Typhoon Bavi Rapidly Intensifies and Heads Toward the Mariana Islands

El Niño Is Active and Likely to Strengthen Through 2026–27

El Niño Begins in Equatorial Pacific With Unusually Strong Ocean Warming

Goblin Shark Filmed Alive in Deep Sea for First Time

El Niño Forms and Models Point to a High Chance of a Very Strong Event

First In‑Situ Video Confirms Live Goblin Sharks in the Deep Pacific

El Niño Declared in Tropical Pacific, Forecasts Point to Very Strong Event

Researchers Film Goblin Shark in Wild for First Time

Trump Reopens About 500,000 Square Miles of Pacific Monuments to Commercial Fishing

NOAA Confirms El Niño Is Underway as Models Point to a Very Strong Event

El Niño Officially Underway as Forecasts Raise Odds of a Strong Winter