The ocean basins are so vast and deep that they hold about 97 percent of the Earth's water. Sea water that's trapped in glaciers and ice caps accounts for another two percent. Do the math: That means that less than one percent of the Earth's water is fresh.

Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean completed the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific, arriving in Cairns, Australia, on Saturday. They rowed over 9,000 miles non-stop from Peru.

The National Hurricane Center said on Aug. 29 it is keeping tabs on two tropical waves in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic Ocean.

Last year's hyperactive Atlantic hurricane season received a boost from climate troublemaker La Niña, a cooling of Pacific Ocean water that forecasters now say is weakening.

Probably the most well-known and researched phenomena are episodes of El Niño and La Niña in the Pacific Ocean.

Three Scottish brothers have made history by completing the fastest unsupported non-stop row across the Pacific Ocean, navigating the world’s largest ocean with 139 days at sea.

Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean broke the world record for the fastest non-stop and unsupported rowing across the Pacific Ocean on Aug. 30

Through intense training to battling cyclones at sea, the youngest of three Scottish brothers tells GearJunkie about their epic voyage across the ocean.

Scottish brothers who rowed across the Pacific ocean have smashed their £1million fundraising target - after breaking a world rowing record as their exploits saw them raising money for clean water projects.