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Researchers Sound Alarm Over “Catastrophic” Gray Whale Deaths
A dead gray whale on a beach is a visible tragedy, but the far greater loss may be happening unseen beneath the Pacific. As carcasses appear at alarming rates from Mexico to Alaska, researchers estimate that thousands more whales may have died offshore in just two years. Many are starving, calves are becoming increasingly scarce,…
New Deep-Sea “Ghost Shark” Species Discovered in the Dark Waters Off Costa Rica
Hundreds of meters beneath the surface of the Pacific, in a realm of perpetual darkness and crushing pressure where no diver could ever venture, something pale and ancient has been drifting through the water unnoticed for far longer than anyone realized. It belongs to one of the oldest lineages of fish on the planet, a…
Why This El Niño Has Climate Experts Deeply Concerned
A vast pool of unusually warm water is spreading across the tropical Pacific, and scientists believe it could help drive the planet into another period of extraordinary heat. The arrival of El Niño is not unusual on its own. The climate pattern has appeared for centuries and typically returns every two to seven years. What…
Scientists Finally Identify Tiny Blue Sea Creature Spotted Nearly 6,000 Feet Underwater
A tiny blue octopus spotted nearly 6,000 feet beneath the Pacific Ocean has turned out to be something scientists had never seen before. The unusual creature, discovered deep below the waters surrounding the Galápagos Islands, is small enough to fit between the base of a person’s palm and the first knuckle of their middle finger.…
Scientists Discover Huge Underwater Heat Mass Linked To Dangerous Super El Nino
A gigantic mass of unusually warm water is rapidly spreading beneath the Pacific Ocean, and climate scientists say it could fuel one of the strongest El Niño events seen in decades. Researchers monitoring the Pacific have identified an enormous undersea formation known as a Kelvin wave carrying temperatures up to 13.5 degrees Fahrenheit above normal…
NASA Releases Disturbing New Images As ‘Super El Niño’ Begins Forming Across Pacific
NASA scientists are closely monitoring a massive body of warm water spreading across the Pacific Ocean after newly released satellite images revealed conditions that could trigger a powerful El Niño event later this year. The enormous swell of higher and warmer water has already reached the coast of South America, and experts say the phenomenon…
The Nuclear Waste Dome in the Pacific is Slowly Falling Apart
From the air, Runit Island looks almost postcard-perfect. It sits in the Marshall Islands surrounded by bright blue water, white sand, and tropical vegetation. But hidden inside that serene landscape is one of the most unsettling leftovers of the nuclear age: a concrete dome filled with radioactive waste from U.S. atomic testing. For decades, the…
Australia Is Moving North Faster Than Any Other Continent
Seven centimeters. That is roughly the rate your fingernails grow in a year. It is also the speed at which an entire continent is drifting across the surface of the Earth. Australia is officially the fastest moving land mass on the planet, sliding north at about seven centimeters every single year. It sounds small, almost…