The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
President Bill Clinton impeached; General George Washington opens camp at Valley Forge; Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol" is first published; Apollo 17 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean; 'The.. USATODAY.com - Published
Police are asking the public to help identify a car that drove off a cliff in northern California just days before the New Year. Footage released by the California Highway Patrol shows a vehicle head..
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Corals of Palau in the western Pacific are proving to be resilient to heat and acidity, as more reefs around the globe die from effects of climate change.
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John Momis, president of Bougainville, was one of the first to vote on Saturday in a two-week referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.View on euronews
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An estimated $312 million worth of cocaine seized from smugglers in the eastern Pacific Ocean was offloaded Wednesday in San Diego. The haul resulted from operations by U.S. Coast Guard cutters between.. USATODAY.com - Published
The South Pacific island nation of Samoa on Saturday extended a state of emergency due to a measles outbreak which has killed 72 people, mostly infants, as New Zealand announced NZ$1 million ($640,700).. Reuters - Published
The United States tested a medium-range ballistic missile on Thursday, the second test in four months of an offensive missile that would have been banned by a US-Russia arms treaty that Washington..... WorldNews - Published
(CNN)More than half a million hermit crabs have been killed after becoming trapped by plastic pollution on two remote islands, a new study from the University of Tasmania found. Research teams.. WorldNews - Published
The small Pacific island nation of Samoa has closed schools and is restricting travel ahead of the Christmas holiday season as the death toll from a measles outbreak tops 50, in the latest flare-up of.. France 24 - Published Also reported by •Reuters
Scientists set sail on a perilous expedition to create the first internal 3D images of Axial Seamount, an underwater volcano deep in the Pacific Ocean. NYTimes.com - Published
On Monday, the Pacific island nation said the overall number of cases stands at 3,728. The number of new cases recorded on Sunday and Monday alone was 198. The country, with a population of around.. WorldNews - Published
The death toll from a measles outbreak in Samoa climbed to 53, the government said on Monday, as the number of people infected in the small Pacific nation grows by more than a hundred a day. Reuters - Published
For years, archaeologists have wondered how the mysterious statues came to dot the island in the Pacific. Now, they're trying to find a way to keep the statues around. Anderson Cooper reports. CBS News - Published
A major highway linking California and Oregon fully reopened late Wednesday, nearly 24 hours after a major storm blew in off the Pacific Ocean and slammed the region with heavy snow, gale-force winds.. USATODAY.com - Published
Deaths related to measles have risen to 20 in the past week on the Pacific island of Samoa, the government has said, eight days after declaring a state of... WorldNews - Published
Samoa declared a state of emergency this weekend, closing all schools and cracking down on public gatherings, after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak that has spread across the Pacific.. Reuters - Published
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has quietly released its climate change strategy which will guide Australia's efforts in Pacific region to 2025. SBS - Published
60 Minutes’ reporting on deep sea mining began with a 10-hour ride through the choppy Pacific Ocean to join a mining research vessel. High waves meant timing was everything to get on board. See the.. CBS News - Published
Sea otters and seals in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Alaska, are infected with a virus that once was seen only in animals in the Atlantic. A new study suggests that melting ice in the Arctic may.. WorldNews - Published Also reported by •NYTimes.com
A remote wildlife sanctuary near Hawaii is littered with carcasses of seabirds that died after eating plastic debris that circulates nearby in the Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is home to some of the.. USATODAY.com - Published
After deporting an Australian news crew for allegedly not having the right media permits, the small Pacific island nation of Kiribati is demanding more 'respect' and 'courtesy' from larger countries. SBS - Published
Tons of plastic are accumulating in a Pacific Ocean whirlpool, killing wildlife like the Laysan albatross. 60 Minutes reports on a 24-year-old inventor with a controversial plan he hopes can clean it.. CBS News - Published
El Niños are a natural warming of sea water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that fuel weather extremes in the U.S. and around the world.
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Deep-sea explorers scouring the world’s oceans for sunken World War II ships have found a second Japanese warship deep in the Pacific where one of the most decisive battles of the time took place... USATODAY.com - Published
Seventy-five years ago, the tiny atoll was site of an air-sea battle that changed the course of the Pacific war, just six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor CBS News - Published
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. Reuters - Published
An overloaded ferry that sank near the Pacific island archipelago of Kiribati last year, killing 95 people, was not allowed to carry passengers in the open sea, and had twice run aground before its.. Reuters - Published
Taiwan said on Monday China was practicing "authoritarian expansionism" in the Pacific, pointing to reports of plans for Chinese military presence in two Pacific countries that have recently switched.. Reuters - Published
China and the Pacific island state of Kiribati restored diplomatic ties on Friday after the former diplomatic ally of Taiwan abandoned Taipei. Reuters - Published
A "narco sub" carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine worth more than $165 million has been seized by the U.S. Coast Guard. The 40-foot-long vessel was heading toward the U.S. earlier this month when it was.. CBS News - Published
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati acted in its best national interest when it severed ties with Taiwan and re-established diplomatic relations with China, the office of Kiribati's president said on.. Reuters - Published
China on Friday praised the Pacific island of Kiribati for cutting ties with Taiwan, the second diplomatic defection from Taipei to Beijing in less than a week. The move is a coup for Beijing just..... WorldNews - Published
China offered airplanes and ferries to lure the Pacific island nation of Kiribati into switching diplomatic relations, Taiwan said on Friday, as the self-ruled island lost another ally to Chinese.. Reuters - Published
Taiwan said on Friday it has cut official ties with the Pacific island nation of Kiribati, losing another ally amid Chinese pressure on the nations that have diplomatic relations with the self-ruled.. Reuters - Published
Ocean heatwaves known as the "blob" are responsible for toxic algae blooms that kill plankton, a key food source for marine life. Experts are concerned a massive blob that formed in the Pacific in 2015.. CBS News - Published
Today, about 500,000 American WWII veterans who served in Europe, the Pacific and other places are still living – but one U.S. veteran has been living longer than them all CBS News - Published
The technological sophistication of modern life masks a simple reality: we all need oxygen, water and food to survive. But the divide between those who have the resources they need to exist and those.. WorldNews - Published
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs out of room to store it, the environment minister.. France 24 - Published
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs out of room to store it, the environment minister.. Reuters - Published
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