First earthquakes detected in Pacific Ocean using ultra-stable optical interferometry on undersea cables
NPL and MSL in New Zealand successfully detected a multitude of earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean using a pioneering detection ...
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...
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Pacific island water security requires new approach
Hydrology experts are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea levels are already ...
How circulation patterns of surface currents could help clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...
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Areas in California are sinking into the Pacific: Maps detail NASA study
A new study by NASA and NOAA reveals that certain areas in California are sinking while others are rising. The Central Valley ...
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Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says.
How scientists found a 'yellow brick road' on the Pacific Ocean floor
I n 2022, researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus made a discovery on the floor of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. While surveying ...
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