Supreme Court lets San Francisco discharge more raw sewage into the Pacific Ocean
The conservative Supreme Court aligned with liberal San Francisco on Tuesday, ruling that federal environmental regulators ...
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How the Pacific Ocean Got its Name
The Pacific ocean is the biggest geographical feature on the plaent, bigger than all the Earth's continents combined. The story of how it got its name however is actually pretty simple, so have some ...
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AUSTRALIA CAN LEAD ON ECOLOGICAL SECURITY OF THE INDO-PACIFIC OCEAN
By investing in key UN institutional mechanisms, Australia can contribute to upholding the rules-based order of the law of ...
Three tropical cyclones are spinning in a row in the South Pacific
Tropical cyclone is the catch-all term for the powerful, spinning storms that feed off warm oceans and the strength of which ...
Three tropical cyclones are churning in the South Pacific — all at once
Three tropical cyclones are active simultaneously in this ocean basin. That’s rare. For just the third time in over 27 years, ...
Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 12 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of February 28.
Original 1976 crew member remembers first pulling Hōkūleʻa into the ocean
John Kruse helped launch Hōkūleʻa at Kualoa/Hakipu’u on March 8, 1975. It’s his voice on the Tip Davis documentary, “Hōkūleʻa ...
Weak La Niña in equatorial Pacific likely to be short-lived, says World Meteorological Organisation
La Niña event, opposite of El Niño, impacts global weather patterns, with potential shift to 'neutral' conditions forecasted.
Remains of WWII bomber pilot, lost in the Pacific in ’44, are identified
First Lt. Herbert G. Tennyson was one of 11 men on the B-24 shot down off New Guinea. The remains of the pilot of a downed ...
Science Behind It: Do the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Mix?
At first glance, the meeting point of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans looks like a dramatic clash between two separate bodies ...