This story appears in the September 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a tiny dot on the immense Pacific Ocean. Pilot Avi Klapfer floods the ballast tanks, and we sink, surrounded ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. The map above is essentially an x-ray of the ocean, and the colors show where it’s feeling the most impact from human ...

This story appears in the November 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. There is a kingdom of coral in the principality of the Pacific Ocean called Kimbe Bay. “It is a world,” says ...

Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915 ... ACC transports more water than any other ocean current. It pulls in waters from the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, helping drive ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Five percent of the ocean is protected. Science says half the ocean must be protected to make a real difference.