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Four possible consequences of El Niño returning in 2023

Every two to seven years, the equatorial Pacific Ocean gets up to 3°C warmer (what we know as an El Niño event) or colder (La Niña) than usual, triggering a cascade of effects felt around the world. This cycle is called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) because every El…

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Food, feed and fuel: global seaweed industry could reduce land needed for farming by 110m hectares, study finds

Scientists identify parts of ocean suitable for seaweed cultivation and suggest it could constitute 10% of human diet to reduce impact of agriculture

The Guardian - AU

Best UK ferry routes to spot wildlife including sharks, dolphins and whales

Blue sharks, humpback whale, bottlenose dolphins, ocean sunfish, basking sharks and beluga whales can all be seen off the UK coast, if you are eagle eyed and lucky

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‘Offensive’ police code name for Nadhim Zahawi tax probe linked to tropical fish

Exclusive: Operation Catalufa was named after a species of ray-finned fish that lives deep in the Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK

Deep sea reefs are spectacular and barely-explored – they must be conserved

Sunlit coral reefs are perhaps the most famous marine habitat and many people will have snorkelled over or dived down to one at some point. Home to a quarter of all known ocean life, these “rainforests of the ocean” have been at the forefront of marine research for decades and…

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Russian warship simulates hypersonic missile strike in the Atlantic Ocean

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the development of hypersonic missiles back in 2019

The Independent UK

3 California mass shootings force grieving Asian Americans to ask painful questions

LOS ANGELES — Their motives for mass murder appeared to be different — workplace enmity, law enforcement officials said, or personal resentment, or a political conflict in a homeland across the ocean.

Los Angeles Times

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Vladimir Putin stages provocative war games with 'hypersonic missile launch'

The Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov armed with the deadly missiles sailed dangerously close to the US with the ship's commander boasting that the Gorshkov is “the most dangerous enemy in the world’s oceans”

Daily Mirror

Russia defence ministry says frigate tests strike capabilities in Atlantic

The Russian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the frigate Admiral Gorshkov tested its strike capabilities in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Reuters

'Dry' California got big rains. Was it really an epic weather forecasting fail?

For decades, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean have loomed large in predicting weather in California and other parts of the globe. El Niño — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific — seemed synonymous with wet winters for Southern California, while La Niña was a heralder…

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: Uncaptured water isn't wasted. But more could be stored for a non-rainy day

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A gazillion gallons of stormwater have been rampaging down rivers into the sea. But that uncaptured bounty hasn't been "wasted."

Los Angeles Times

Paragliders clung to rocks, scaled cliff to survive accident near Sharp Point, WA

Two men who almost drowned after one crashed into the ocean and the other was swept off rocks while trying to save him, were "resigned" to dying and feel lucky to be alive.

ABC News

Queen Mary 2 passenger reveals what happens during ‘pirate drill’ aboard ship

A TikTok user has revealed exactly what happens in the case of a pirate attack aboard the QM2

The Independent UK

Photos from the field: our voyage investigating Australia's submarine landslides and deep-marine canyons

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

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Baby washed under a home and 59 others rescued as giant waves hit Hawaii

Honolulu Ocean Safety makes 103 rescues as 50 foot waves Oahu’s hit north shore

Newsroom.co.nz

Double duties for Dunedin swimmer

Otago freestyler Ruby Heath has become just the third Kiwi to swim in world championships in both the pool and the ocean. Now she’s aiming to be New Zealand’s first open water swimmer at an Olympics.

Zenger

From Mattresses To Golf Balls, California Beaches Are Littered With Debris Following Recent Storms

California city crews have been busy compiling mounds of trash left along the shoreline following the recent storms.

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You Can Now Buy A Mattress Made From Rescued Ocean Plastic That’s Me And Greta Thunberg Sold

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Fukushima to release contaminated water – an expert explains why this could be the best option

Over ten years ago, a tsunami triggered a disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on Japan’s east coast. After the accident, large amounts of radioactivity contaminated the ocean leading to the imposition of a marine exclusion zone and huge reputational damage to the regional fishing industry.

Bangkok Post

Reclaiming the oceans

Coral reefs provide a habitat for marine life. Unfortunately, they are being damaged by climate change and pollution, and their numbers are declining. Many organisations attempt to restore corals by using artificial reefs such as used car tyres, PVC pipes and cement blocks. However, the appearance of these artificial reefs…

Miami Herald

How a Coast Guard plane scoured islands looking for migrants — and what the crew found

CAY SAL BANK, Bahamas — High above a remote uninhabited Bahamian island, a U..S. Coast Guard air crew on patrol watches as a man and small child fish from a white-sand beach. A twin-outboard engine cabin cruiser is anchored in a cove just a few feet from shore.

Inverse

Nuclear-powered robots could hunt for aliens on icy Solar System moons

In the coming years, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will send two robotic missions to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

The Guardian - AU

After the flood: what an El Niño might mean for Australia’s ecosystems

Scientists are fearing the worst, predicting dangerous bushfire weather, fiercer heatwaves and severe coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef

Inverse

Deep-sea mining could power a clean energy future — but there’s a cost

While deep-sea mining could offer minerals for renewable energy and clean vehicles, it could sacrifice undiscovered creatures.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Whales navigate a perilous route off the NJ Shore

At any given time, 50 or more vessels, ranging from massive cargo ships to small fishing boats, are motoring off New Jersey's 127-mile coast from New York to Delaware.

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