#pacific-ocean
Baywatch - Warmer waves sound warning bells
Recent research shows significant warming in the Bay of Bengal over the last six decades. Upper ocean temperatures have risen, while deeper waters are cooling, indicating a unique trend. The study reveals that ocean acidity has increased, impacting pH levels …
US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 2, leaves 6 survivors, in the Pacific Ocean
The U.S. military has conduced another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, immediately killing two people and leaving six survivors amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America
The Pacific Ocean is so vast that it’s larger than every continent on Earth combined — and there’s a single straight line you could sail through it for nearly 20,000 miles without ever touching land
The Pacific Ocean covers about a third of Earth’s surface. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ocean facts page, the Pacific spans more than 155 million square kilometres, or roughly 60 million square miles. That is larger than …
Climate Change Weekly # 581— It’s Hurricane Season, and Nothing Is New
It’s hurricane season again, and a few things about it are as certain as death and taxes. First, some named storms, tropical storms, hurricanes, and cyclones will form somewhere, sometime, in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Second, one or more of those storm…