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Why the WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency

Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The northern hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events. The south now faces a summer of heatwaves, flooding, wildfires and droughts. This is driven by decades of climate change, now supercharged by…

The Conversation · 5h ago

18-year-old fisherman rescued after 41 days adrift, 2,000 km from home

An 18-year-old fisherman from Papua New Guinea has been rescued after spending 41 days adrift in the Pacific Ocean, thousands of kilometres from home. Luka Rahan had set out on a fishing trip with his cousin when their boat developed engine trouble, leaving them at the mercy of the sea.…

The Times of India · 10h ago

US military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific

The U.S. military says it has attacked a boat it accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK · Oct 27

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24-year-old Coast Guard swimmer rescues 16 people from Pacific shipwreck after two hours in darkness

A US Coast Guard rescue swimmer undertook a challenging operation to save 16 individuals from the Pacific Ocean. The rescue followed a distress call regarding a capsized boat off Mexico's Baja California. Over 2,441 square miles were searched, but 11 victims remain missing as the search was suspended. Investigation into…

The Times of India · Oct 25

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz bought a $20.8M California cliffside home in 2019

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz made a significant purchase in 2019, acquiring the Razor House in La Jolla for $20.8 million. This architectural masterpiece, designed by Wallace E. Cunningham, boasts panoramic Pacific Ocean views. The duo transformed this modern creation into a warm family abode, enriched with artworks from the…

The Times of India · Oct 23

Tropical Storm Vance has formed in the Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK · Oct 21

Super El Niño transforms colour of the Pacific Ocean as vital plankton vanish

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The Independent UK · Oct 20

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US Coast Guard rescues at least 16 and is searching for more in the water off Mexico's Baja Coast

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued at least 16 people floating in the Pacific Ocean and is searching for others following a vessel in distress call off Mexico’s Baja California coast

The Independent UK · Oct 16

'No vessel in sight': At least 16 people rescued from Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s coast

The US Coast Guard said on Friday it had rescued at least 16 people found floating in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s coast, as the search continued for several others.

The Times of India · Oct 16

Amelia Earhart vanished in 1937; a theory suggests crabs consumed her remains as a castaway

Amelia Earhart, one of the world’s most celebrated aviation pioneers, disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937, while attempting to fly around the world with navigator Fred Noonan. Nearly nine decades later, her fate remains unknown. A new 17-member expedition backed by Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy…

The Times of India · Oct 15

Trump says Pacific or Atlantic should be renamed ‘Ocean of the Americas’

Donald Trump has joked about renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean "Trump Ocean" or "Ocean of the Americas”.

The Independent UK · Oct 11

Trump turns to the oceans, jokes about renaming Atlantic or Pacific

US President Donald Trump joked about renaming the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean as “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas” during a campaign rally in Clarksville, Tennessee, on Saturday.

The Times of India · Oct 11

Extreme winter weather 'more likely' in London as world facing Godzilla El Niño 'stress like we've never seen before'

Warning comes as sea surface temperatures in Pacific Ocean are recorded at 4C above normal

Evening Standard · Oct 10

Peru's Pacific Ocean Reaches Record Heat as El Niño Raises Fears for Fishing, Weather and Coastal Flooding

Peru's ocean hits historic highs as ENFEN warns of extraordinary El Niño through 2027. Global fishmeal fell 49%. What it means for floods, food, and families.

Latin Times · Oct 8

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The Conversation · Oct 7

Super El Niño – how it could affect South Africa’s maize prices

In southern Africa, the El Niño – caused by warmer sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean which affect air pressure and wind directions – usually brings below-average summer rainfall and increases the risk of drought. This means poor harvests of maize, a staple crop for many countries on the…

The Economic Times · Oct 1

Jeff Bezos just put $25 million into the Pacific Ocean. Is the Bezos Earth Fund enough to save the Pacific Ocean before the $10 billion deadline?

The Bezos Earth Fund has committed $25 million to enhance conservation efforts across five Pacific island nations, now totaling approximately $63.3 million dedicated to preserving marine ecosystems. This initiative strives to safeguard at least 30% of the oceanic territories by 2030, aligning with Jeff Bezos' ambitious $10 billion climate pledge.…

The Times of India · Sep 3

‘Supersized’ El Nino could reshape global weather and push 2027 to heat record: UN

Experts warn that a potentially unprecedented El Nino is on course for intensification into 2027, posing severe threats of extreme weather events. The World Meteorological Organization anticipates this climatic anomaly will persist until February 2027. With Pacific Ocean temperatures soaring, global vigilance and enhanced preparedness measures are essential to mitigate…

The Economic Times · Sep 3

'Supersized' El Niño may become strongest ever recorded: UN weather agency

The World Meteorological Organization said its forecasts showed a near 100% likelihood that El Nino would persist through February 2027, fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific Ocean temperatures. This is the first time it has expressed such a degree of certainty, the WMO said.

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The Independent UK · Sep 3

Pacific island nations seek to turn geopolitics into funding to offset climate change harm

Stormy weather can send the Pacific Ocean flooding into people's homes in small, remote island nations

France 24 · Sep 2

Rare train of cyclones fuelled by historic El Nino make their way across Pacific

Several storms, including Hurricane Lowell and Hurricane Karina, moved through the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, fuelled by a historically strong El Nino that has already been linked to extreme weather around the globe and is expected to persist through to February.

The Conversation · Sep 1

Before the infinity nets, there was ‘The Pacific Ocean’ – what origin stories focusing on Yayoi Kusama’s mental illness miss about her art

Stories of Yayoi Kusama’s life often begin after she moved to New York City from Japan in 1958 and found near-overnight success with her abstract infinity net paintings. These evolved into the infinity rooms and polka-dotted pumpkins that became social media phenomena decades later and the focus of her legacy…

The Conversation · Aug 27

Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years – here’s how my team made the discovery

Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño. These events can affect weather around the world, and the intensity of recent El Niño events is raising alarm that, as global temperatures rise, they are becoming stronger…

The Independent UK · Aug 21

What is El Nino and why could 2027 be the hottest year on record?

El Nino describes the warming of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, occurring every few years. The phenomenon disrupts weather patterns globally, while the last El Nino intensified global heat and led to severe droughts, flooding, marine heatwaves and coral bleaching. US meteorologists at the National Oceanic and…

Bangkok Post · Aug 20

Panama Canal to reduce shipping over El Nino-fueled drought

PANAMA CITY - The Panama Canal will reduce shipping volumes from next month because of a drought fueled by the El Nino phenomenon, the operator of the strategic waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans said Thursday.

The Conversation · Aug 17

4,000-year-old rock painting in Indonesia offers clues to one of humanity’s greatest migrations

Some 4,200 years ago, people started to leave what is now Taiwan to migrate to the thousands of islands to the south, spanning as far west as Madagascar in the western Indian Ocean and as far east as Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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