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This Man Is Solo Sailing The Pacific Ocean And I’m Seasick Just Watching

US man Luke (@sailing_songbird) is sailing the Pacific Ocean alone and documenting his highs and lows on TikTok.

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Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island

Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large population that crashed after living beyond its means and stripping the island of resources. A new research study my colleagues and I conducted has struck another blow to this notion by using…

The Conversation

Key dates in New Caledonia’s history

The French overseas territory of New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean has a turbulent history. Here's a timeline of the events that have shaped the former colony.

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Study Links China's Aerosol Reduction To Harmful Pacific Ocean 'Blobs'

Research links warm patches in the Pacific Ocean to reduced aerosol emissions in China, impacting marine ecosystems.

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Annular solar eclipse 2024: Everything you need to know about the next solar eclipse

The next solar eclipse will be an annular solar eclipse on Oct. 14, 2024. The 'ring of fire' will be visible across the Pacific Ocean and South America.

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Mexico's beach party is excited to see the eclipse first emerge

The Mexican city of Mazatlán is the first place the total solar eclipse will be visible as it emerges over the Pacific Ocean today, and the weather here is perfect.

WEKU

Historic Total Solar Eclipse To Grace North America's Skies On April 8

The eclipse's trajectory will commence over the Pacific Ocean, making its way through Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, before concluding its journey over the Atlantic Ocean.

International Business Times

Drownings at US-Mexico border up 3,200% since Trump raised wall – report

Thirty-three people attempting to cross the border into San Diego died in the Pacific Ocean from 2020 to 2023, study shows

The Guardian - US

How scientists are using facial-recognition AI to track humpback whales

After being hunted for decades, humpback whales returned to the Pacific Ocean in big numbers. Now, new technology is revealing that underwater heat waves are taking a toll on that recovery.

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Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly spotted in the Pacific by exploration team

Deep Sea Vision says its sonar image equipment spotted an object in the Pacific Ocean that closely resembles the shape and size of Amelia Earhart's aircraft.

International Business Times

China Tensions Rising, US Revives WWII-era Pacific Airfield

In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to dropping the nuclear bomb on Japan -- and nearly lost to history amid encroaching forest -- is being revived.

Investors Business Daily

Isabella Aiona Abbott Unlocked Deep Secrets With Hawaiian Wisdom

Isabella Aiona Abbott became the authority on algae of the Pacific Ocean. But it all started on the beaches of Hawaii as a young girl — helping her mother gather seaweed to cook traditional Hawaiian food.

The Conversation

Australia can no longer afford to ignore Russia's expanding naval power in the Pacific

China’s expanding naval presence in the Pacific Ocean and the South and East China seas has become a major focus for Australia, the US and its allies.

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Seamount twice the size of world's tallest building discovered 'hidden under the waves'

Scientists aboard the Falkor (too) research vessel have documented, for the first time, an extinct volcano towering 5,250 feet above the seabed in international waters in the Pacific Ocean.

The Independent UK

3rd release of treated water from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant ends safely, operator says

The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant says the release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean has ended safely as planned

LiveScience

New island that emerged from the ocean off Japan is now visible from space

A newly-formed island off the coast of Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean was spotted in satellite images after it emerged during an underwater volcanic eruption at the end of October.

The Conversation

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort city’s buildings weren’t designed to handle anything close to Otis’ 165 mph winds.

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NZ should rethink stance on Japan’s nuclear wastewater

Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch

The Guardian - UK

‘It only makes the news when the toilets stop working’: has the 25-year-old International Space Station been a waste of space?

The ISS is destined to be sent spiralling into the Pacific Ocean in 2031, yet the controversy over the £120bn behemoth continues

The Independent UK

Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft carriers lost in the pivotal Battle of Midway

Footage from deep in the Pacific Ocean has given the first detailed look at three World War II aircraft carriers that sank in the pivotal Battle of Midway

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