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Launch of condors on tribal land marks the species' comeback, but a new threat looms large

LOS ANGELES — A plan to return federally endangered California condors to a rugged and remote stretch of Northern California coastline and redwood forests is taking shape on Yurok tribal lands where the Klamath River meets the Pacific Ocean.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

Seattle developer pushes for WA's first floating offshore wind farm

Offshore wind energy on the Pacific Ocean has long been dismissed as a pipe dream due to the abrupt drop-off along the edges of its continental shelf.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022

Great white shark killed bodyboarder off California coast

LOS ANGELES — Tomas Abraham Butterfield headed into the Pacific Ocean with his wetsuit, fins and a bodyboard around 10 a.m. Christmas Eve. He was visiting his mother in Morro Bay last Christmas. The waters were turbulent at the spot known to locals as "the Pit" just north of Morro…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2022

Hundreds of millions of microplastic particles could be flowing into UK rivers, hidden in raw sewage

Microplastics are everywhere. Snow close to the peak of Mount Everest was found to contain on average 30 microplastic particles per litre. And 11,000m below sea level, in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, an average of 2,200 microplastic particles per litre of sediment were found.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2022

Bizarre mummified 'mermaid' that 'grants immortality if flesh is eaten' is discovered

The terrifying creature, which was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean off Japan betwen 1736 and 1741, looks eerily similar to a human apart from its contorted face, razor-sharp pointed teeth and fish tail

Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2022

Coast Guard shows what $1 billion of cocaine and marijuana looks like

MIAMI — The Coast Guard and other federal officials showed off more than a billion dollars' worth of cocaine and marijuana Thursday that was confiscated from smugglers during several recent operations in the Pacific Ocean and more nearby in the Caribbean Sea.

Miami Herald · Feb 17, 2022

On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill

Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar Peru's protected Isla Pescadores - Spanish for Fishermen's Island - looks much as it always has.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2022

The spacecraft cemetery: Why NASA dumps its trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Space agencies have been using a remote part of the Pacific Ocean to dump spacecraft, but is this best practice?

Inverse · Feb 8, 2022

‘We’re going to lose every single one our children’: Scientists’ warning of 9.0 earthquake to hit Washington prompts rush to tsunami-proof schools

Residents of Ocean Shores to vote on tax-raising measure to protect communities along Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

The ISS is going to crash into the Pacific Ocean. Should you be worried?

NASA recently announced plans to retire the International Space Station by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean — a spacecraft graveyard.

Inverse · Feb 3, 2022