Unprecedented ocean warming spread through the South-West Pacific in 2024, harming ecosystems and economies. That's according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. HPR's Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Six people have been killed after a small plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The seven-seater Cessna 414 crashed five miles west of Point Loma just off the San Diego coast about 12.50pm yesterday. The plane took off from San Diego International Airport and was just six minutes into its flight to Phoenix, Arizona, when it crashed.

That might be why the story of Oliver Widger, who quit his job to sail across the Pacific Ocean with his cat, Phoenix, has resonated with so many people. The idea of packing up and leaving with just a few belongings – and your feline themselves, of course – can seem like quite a good one sometimes.

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for six people who were aboard a Cessna 414 aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the San Diego coast on Sunday.

Chinese J-15 fighters conducted “abnormal approaches” to MSDF patrol aircraft over the Pacific Ocean in recent days that risked collisions, the Defense Ministry said.

Deep beneath the Pacific Ocean floor, sediment cores hold secrets that could reshape how scientists predict Earth's climate future. These deep-sea layers capture snapshots of ancient oceans, revealing stories of climate extremes and ecosystem upheaval from millions of years ago.

This is the true story of three men in a boat, and how they ended up spending months adrift in the Pacific ocean with no sail and no engine.

China has sent its two carrier strike groups to the Western Pacific Ocean to carry out training operations, a spokesman for the People's Liberation Army Navy said on Tuesday.