Pacific Ocean

Video Undersea volcano erupts near Tonga in Pacific ocean

My Green Meadows (Free subscription) | yesterday

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Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing

qwstnevrythg.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. It said in a statement a search was under way for the crew of the Tu-142 aircraft. But RIA news agency quoted a military source as saying there [...]

• Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing - Reuters

Russian Plane in Pacific Crash

New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

A military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

Great Whites hang out in Pacific's 'shark cafe' to pick 'local' mates!

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

Sharks from the Pacific Ocean hang out at a place called the 'white shark cafe' so that they can to look for "local" mates, concludes a new study.

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific, 11 missing

Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said.

The Great Invisible Pacific Garbage Patch

Adamus.nl (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

You’ve probably heard of the so-called ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch‘, a giant floating debris field in the Pacific ocean believed to be twice the size of Texas. Apparently vast oceanic currents circle this patch and cause all sort of plastic garbage to gather and float there, as a testament to excessive human waste. Now I’m as [...]

Kilauea's New Lava Flow Reaches Ocean

Science - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

New lava flows from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano have reached the ocean, creating a new lava tube separate from the main tube, geologists said....

Migrating white sharks form isolated populations in northeastern Pacific Ocean

Sify (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

In a new research, scientists have found that the migratory behaviors of the white shark has lead to the formation of isolated populations in the northeastern Pacific Ocean that are genetically

The Pacific’s plastic shame

the optimum population trust blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

It’s a discovery to appall a modern-day Captain Cook. A vast plastic terra incognita, composed of the detritus of our civilisation, has formed an area the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean. And feeding on this submerged stratum of bottle caps and beer-can loops is one of the most beautiful birds in creation For the [...]

• The Pacific's plastic shame - The Guardian

America's Cup trimaran dismasts on Pacific Ocean

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

SAN DIEGO -- The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America's Cup came crashing down during a sail on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, snapping in two as it hit the rear beam.

America's Cup trimaran dismasts on Pacific Ocean

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America's Cup came crashing down during a sail on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, snapping in two as it hit the rear beam.

America's Cup trimaran dismasts on Pacific Ocean

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America's Cup came crashing down during a sail on the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, snapping in two as it hit the rear beam.

Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific

Physorg (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pattern of migration that over tens of thousands of years the white sharks in the northeastern Pacific Ocean have separated themselves into a population genetically distinct from sharks...

Sailing | BMW Oracle's mast tumbles during testing on Pacific Ocean

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

SailingCrew escapes injury: The 200-foot mast on the monster trimaran that will represent the United States in the America's Cup came tumbling down Tuesday during testing on the Pacific Ocean.None of the crew was injured in the mishap, BMW Oracle Racing spokeswoman Jane Eagleson said.Support crews were attempting to salvage the rigging and get the 90-by-90-foot boat back to its berth...

BMW Oracle Racing's trimaran dismasts on Pacific

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing's 90-foot trimaran has dismasted while undergoing testing on the Pacific Ocean. Syndicate spokeswoman Jane Eagleson said none of the crew were injured when the 200-foot mast came down late Tuesday morning. She didn't... BMW Oracle Racing - America's Cup - Recreation - Sailing - Trimaran