Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again. At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, ...

Brazil’s plans to build ports and roads to help move grains, beef and iron ore from the rainforest echo a development vision ...

The Pacific Ocean is to the west of South America ... It runs along the western coast of South America from the very southern tip to the north coastline, near to the Caribbean.

Between North America and Europe, the rate is about 2.2 inches (3.6 cm) per year. At the East Pacific rise, which is pushing a plate into the west coast of South America, the rate is 12.6 inches ...

Data: NOAA; Map: Axios Visuals. Note the warm water anomalies along the west coast of South America. While a weak La Niña is taking place in the tropical Pacific Ocean, a unique phenomenon is ...

Import freight rates into the Pacific coast of South America also fell 11.6% to rest at US$ 3,000/FEU. A freight forwarding source in Chile attributed the decline to recently lowered demand ...

In an El Niño year, air pressure drops along the coast of South America and over large areas of the central Pacific. The typical low pressure system in the western Pacific becomes a weak high pressure ...