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How global warming sealed the fate of the world's coral reefs - The Guardian »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 months ago in Science & Technology
Destroyed by rising carbon levels, acidity, pollution, algae, bleaching and El Niño, coral reefs require a dramatic change in our carbon policy to have ...
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The World's Largest Rubbish Dump:It Stretches From Hawaii To Japan »
Posted by: Mikunited 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of ...
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El Nino Is Back Spreading Havoc »
Posted by: Mikunited 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Science & Technology
El Niño, the warming of the Pacific Ocean that creates chaos in global weather patterns, is on its way back, threatening droughts, floods, crop ...
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Big Quake Strikes off Indonesia »
Posted by: WikiMap 1 month, 1 week ago in News
An earthquake of magnitude 7.9 has struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
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Dozens dead as quake, tsunami hit Samoas »
Posted by: y_soitenly 1 month, 1 week ago in News
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening ...
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2 American crewmembers killed as FedEx plane bursts into a ball of flames »
Posted by: y_soitenly 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
TOKYO - A FedEx cargo plane smashed into a runway and burst into a ball of fire while attempting to land at Tokyo's main international ...
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Sex In The Caribbean »
Posted by: myfairlady 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Science & Technology
Hungry, sexual organisms replaced well-fed, clonal organisms in the Caribbean Sea as the Isthmus of Panama arose, separating the Caribbean from the Pacific, report researchers ...
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Strong quake causes tsunami »
Posted by: jovial 1 month, 1 week ago in News
A powerful 8.3 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off American Samoa has generated a tsunami.
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Pacific Garbage Patch Studied »
Posted by: Eagle_Eye 3 months ago in News
Scientists shipped out from California this week on mission to study a man-made problem in the middle of the Pacific: a giant swath of open ...
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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Deadly tsunami in Pacific islands »
Posted by: ConquistadorForLife 1 month, 1 week ago in News
A tsunami from a powerful earthquake in the Pacific has killed at least 28 and injured dozens in Samoa, reports say.
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El Nino conditions return to affect weather »
Posted by: engineer 4 months ago in Science & Technology
Government scientists said Thursday that the periodic warming of water in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which can affect weather around the world, has returned.
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Pacific tsunami watch as massive 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Honduras »
Posted by: myfairlady 5 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A tsunami watch is in place in the Pacific after a powerful earthquake of 7.1 magnitude struck northeast of Roatan in Honduras early today ...
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New Type Of El Nino Could Mean More Hurricanes Make Landfall »
Posted by: ameliog 4 months ago in Science & Technology
El Niño years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Ni ...
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Hemp HubbubOregons potential as a crop-growing hub excites some »
Posted by: gbudavid 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
SALEM — Oregon is about to become the first Western state to permit its farmers to grow industrial hemp. But there are a couple of problems ...
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covertress: Israel on the move »
Posted by: gbudavid 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Two Israeli missile class warships have sailed through the Suez Canal ten days after a submarine capable of launching a nuclear missile strike, in preparation ...
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