A second earthquake has struck Indonesia's Sumatra with a 7.0 Magnitude on thursday morning; no word yet on damages or casualities. It hit at 8:52am and its epicenter was about 6 to 15 miles deep making it a shallow earthquake, which means it could cause more damage. It...
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A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean off the Northern Coast of New Zealand and near the Islands of Samoa at 1748 GMT. The areas directly affected are Apia, Western Samoa, and Pago...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 7 wks ago | updated 7 wks ago 8842 views | 57 recommendations | 8 comments
According to the National Weather Service, Tropical Storm Kevin has formed on the heels of Hurricane Jimena in the Pacific. Tropical Storm Kevin has winds at about 45 mph and is currently located off the Mexico Baja California peninsula, about 1,010 miles offshore. It is...
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""In the first quarter of 2016, we'll prep and de-orbit the spacecraft," says NASA's space station program manager, Michael T. Suffredini. That's a polite way of saying that NASA will make the space station fall...
Since Hurricane Felicia 2009 was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane on August 4 as stayed steady with 225 kph winds. The hurricane is expected to wane as it interacts with colder winds. Hurricane Felicia is headed towards Hawaii, but is not expected to be a hazard:...
created by peder.sande | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 357 views | 11 recommendations | 1 comment
The great pacific garbage patch has been a subject of mystery for quite some time now; it is literally an island of trash floating in the North Pacific Ocean that is made up of six million tonnes of plastic that...
created by Amy Judd | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 698 views | 14 recommendations | 1 comment
According to the National Hurricane Center (U.S.)'s advisory (Advisory #7), Tropical Storm Carlos becomes the second hurricane of the 2009 Pacific hurricane season. According to the 5-day forecast, Hurricane Carlos will be active for quite a while. Stay tuned!!!
opinion by frank0987 | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago 190 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Alida Antonia Cornelius March 23, 2009 NOAA, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released this announcement about their new online game that encourages students to learn more about estuaries....
By, Uwe Paschen. The Way to save the Oceans, our Coral reefs and reduce the CO2. As well as increase the Oxygen production and stabilise the PH balance of the Oceans is simple and yet politically impossible to...
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By, Uwe Paschen. The Whale hunt and why it is still being practiced by Japan is more of a generation problem as well as a political one then a necessity or the will of the people at large here. The Mainichi...
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Here we go again.This could be the beginning of another Cold War."MOSCOW - NATO forces sent jets to escort two Russian long-range air force bombers patrolling neutral skies near Alaska on Wednesday, Russian news...
created by Swan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 452 views | 17 recommendations | 8 comments
"A resurgent El Niño and persistently high levels of greenhouse gases are likely to make 2007 the world's hottest year ever recorded, British climate scientists said Thursday.Britain's Meteorological Office said...
created by Dave Ward | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 335 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
This is some scary stuff. A plastic trash vortex in the middle of the Pacific Ocean which can grow to the size of Texas. "Because plastic doesn't break down the way organic material does, ocean...
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"MOUNT TAMALPAIS STATE PARK, Calif. -- On a mountaintop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Steven Cliff collects evidence of an industrial revolution taking place thousands of miles away.The tiny, airborne..."