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Tropical Storm Norbert forms in the Pacific Ocean and isn't threatening land

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Norbert has formed in the Pacific Ocean and isn't threatening land

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Flights gradually resume in Indonesia after volcanic eruption forced two-day suspension

Indonesia has more than 120 active volcanoes and frequently experiences eruptions due to its location along the Pacific "Ring of Fire," the ring of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most global seismic activity occurs.

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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

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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.

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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…

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Hurricane Karina strengthens into a powerful Category 4 storm

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Karina strengthens into a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific far from land, forecasters say

Forecasters say Hurricane Karina has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean but isn’t threatening land

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Forecasters give update on Tropical Storm Karina as it strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific

Fueled by warm offshore waters, the storm has rapidly escalated since achieving hurricane status on Sunday

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Tropical Storm Julio forms in the Pacific and isn't threatening land

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Julio has formed in the Pacific Ocean and isn’t threatening land

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Tropical Storm Moke advances toward Hawaii as winds strengthen

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Moke has formed in the Pacific Ocean

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In 2012, PacifiCorp launched a trap-and-haul program to move adult salmon upstream past Merwin Dam. 14 years later, researchers found 2 stages in the system but 1 decisive bottleneck: young salmon failing to find the artificial current downstream

A trap-and-haul program on Washington’s Lewis River helps adult Chinook salmon bypass Merwin Dam by transporting them in trucks to upstream spawning habitat. But researchers tracking the salmon life cycle have identified a major weakness on the return journey. Juvenile salmon, or smolts, must travel downstream toward the Pacific Ocean,…

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Trump’s renewed national park exploits

Last summer, Congress gave the Trump admin $46 billion to construct a wall from the Pacific Ocean to Mexico

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US Navy destroyer with 300 sailors aboard broke down for four days in the Pacific

The Navy has confirmed that a destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the Pacific Ocean last month that left it without power for four days

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Tropical Storm Hernan forms in the Pacific while a different weather system could soak Hawaii

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hernan has formed in the Pacific Ocean and isn't threatening land

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Dolphin, Dim-sum, Banyan: How tropical cyclones get their names

NEW YORK — If you see that a storm named Dim-sum is gathering steam in the Pacific Ocean, it’s not an error.

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ISS astronaut spies a swirling super storm | Space photo of the day for Aug. 4, 2026

From the International Space Station on Aug. 2, 2026, NASA astronaut Anil Menon captured an incredible photograph of a swirling typhoon in the Pacific Ocean.

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Australia spent 25 years turning a river inland. The result became the country's biggest engineering project

On 17 October 1949, Australia's governor-general, prime minister and the newly appointed head of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority fired the first construction blast at Adaminaby, in the New South Wales high country, launching what would become the largest engineering project ever undertaken in Australia. The Snowy Mountains Scheme set…

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Hurricane Genevieve roars in the Pacific as Fausto weakens to a tropical storm near Hawaii

Hurricane Genevieve is roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land while Tropical Storm Fausto increases impacts on Hawaii

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‘I was stranded in the Pacific Ocean for a month. Here’s three things I did to survive’

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Sailor shares what he ate to survive month adrift in the Pacific Ocean

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Genevieve becomes a major Pacific hurricane off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Hurricane Genevieve has strengthened into a major Category 3 storm southwest of Mexico in the Pacific Ocean

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Hurricane Genevieve moves through the Pacific off Mexico, but no direct threat to land is forecast

Tropical Storm Genevieve has strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Mexico

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Hurricane Fausto strengthens into Category 2 storm, expected to approach Hawaiian Islands next week

Forecasters say Hurricane Fausto has strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to approach the Hawaiian Islands next week

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In 2012, a group released nearly 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific off Canada, triggering an unauthorised ocean-fertilisation experiment visible from space

An experiment in 2012 released iron sulphate into the Pacific Ocean to stimulate phytoplankton growth. Satellites observed a vast bloom, prompting criticism from researchers and regulators. Scientists noted limited iron incorporation into phytoplankton despite the bloom's intensity. The project aimed to restore ocean pastures and boost salmon populations. This event…

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Japan raises fears over Chinese destroyer’s live-fire exercise with Russia

China disputes Japan's claim of an EEZ around the Okinotori island, saying it's an atoll not an island

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