• The fossil was discovered over the summer during an Ocean Exploration Trust expedition to Johnston Atoll. (uri.edu)
  • Other (former) U.S. bases on Midway, Wake and the Johnston Atoll could similarly be resurrected in the event of a worsening geostrategic environment in the Asia-Pacific. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. (cdc.gov)
  • By analyzing the level of nitrogen and oxygen at different depths, the researchers were seeking to resolve exactly where and how much nitrous oxide is produced and consumed by ocean microbes. (princeton.edu)
  • She also sent raw data from the depth profiles - chemical and biological measurements taken at different ocean depths - gathered by the research vessel's instruments. (princeton.edu)
  • These octopuses inhabit the northern Pacific Ocean and reside in a range of depths, from shallow tidal pools to as far as 1500 metres. (aquarium.co.za)
  • How the government got away with hiding this absolutely incredible story about the CIA secretly raising a sunken Soviet nuclear sub from the depths of the Pacific Ocean ? (wn.com)
  • BGS has joined a multidisciplinary research expedition to 'explore the unexplored' and fill in some of the biggest gaps in our knowledge of the oceans' darkest depths. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • At depths ranging from 6000 to 11 000 m, this zone includes the planet's deepest and most remote ocean trenches. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • The Pacific Ocean's mean depth is 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). (wikipedia.org)
  • Afterwards, the ocean's current name was coined by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the Spanish circumnavigation of the world in 1521, as he encountered favorable winds on reaching the ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • Which is smaller Atlantic Ocean or Pacific Ocean? (answers.com)
  • Solar Impulse 2 will make three more stops in the United States before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or Northern Africa, according to the website documenting the journey. (cbc.ca)
  • Under the initiative, five observatories in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, together outfitted with more than 900 instruments, continually collect and deliver data to shore via a cyberinfrastructure that makes the data readily available to anyone with an internet connection. (wn.com)
  • Ocean temperatures also soared to new highs, including some parts of the Pacific and Atlantic basins that are as much as 10 degrees above normal, Swain said. (wn.com)
  • The Atlantic Ocean is named after the Greek mythological figure Atlas, who was said to be strong and to carry the world on his back. (almanac.com)
  • When it flows near the strong currents in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans, it mixes with their waters. (almanac.com)
  • In the midst of a cold snap that sent temperatures 20-40°F (11-22°C) below normal across much of the United States, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellite captured an image of cloud streets over the Atlantic Ocean on January 7, 2014. (nasa.gov)
  • Some ocean areas, such as the North Atlantic and South Pacific, are particularly fertile habitats for deep-sea scleractinian reefs, but a combination of factors led scientists to believe that finding these coral colonies was exceedingly unlikely in the deep waters of the North Pacific. (nsf.gov)
  • In addition, North Pacific carbonate dissolution rates, a measure of the pace at which carbonate substances such as coral skeletons dissolve, exceed those of the more amenable North Atlantic by a factor of two. (nsf.gov)
  • Fucus vesiculosus is a type of brown seaweed that grows in the Baltic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and North Pacific Ocean. (medlineplus.gov)
  • For several 100 years people had been seeking for a sea way north of the Atlantic along the Siberian cost to the Pacific Ocean. (lu.se)
  • The goal of the work in the Pacific Ocean was to find and analyze the microbes that play a key role in climate change and ozone depletion. (princeton.edu)
  • Now, the ADB's expanded Green and Blue Bond Framework has received a Second Party Opinion from the evaluator of green bond investment frameworks CICERO Shades of Green https://cicero.green/ in order to provide investors with confidence that ADB bonds are actually mitigating climate change and protecting ocean health. (ens-newswire.com)
  • This week, the 2021 tide prediction calendars for 23 locations across the Pacific have been released to 14 national meteorological and weather offices. (spc.int)
  • MANILA, Philippines, September 13, 2021 (ENS) - To finance ocean protection projects in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank has issued its first dual-tranche blue bonds denominated in Australian and New Zealand dollars. (ens-newswire.com)
  • The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. (wikipedia.org)
  • At 165.25 million square kilometers (63.8 million square miles) in area, this largest division of the World Ocean -and, in turn, the hydrosphere -covers about 46% of the Earth's water surface and about one-third of its total surface area, making it larger than all of the Earth's land area combined. (wn.com)
  • All of Earth's oceans are connected, but different parts have different names. (almanac.com)
  • Mother Nature is doing what she can to sustain her oceans. (earth911.com)
  • Our oceans sustain all life on earth but they are under threat from destructive industries like industrial fishing, deep-sea mining and plastic pollution. (greenpeace.org.au)
  • The Pacific tsunami warning centre (PTWC) issued a tsunami alert for Fiji and New Zealand after tide gauges in Pago Pago, Samoa, and Niue showed a small rise in sea levels, but this was subsequently withdrawn. (greatdreams.com)
  • To honor that, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Tjibaou Cultural Centre, and the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project partnered to showcase the work of artists from New Caledonia and Oceania. (pewtrusts.org)
  • Jillian Tutuo Wate, Deputy Director-Research, Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (C-POND), Fiji National University, consultant for reviewing the policy. (who.int)
  • Nudibranchs inhabit all five oceans and are known for their often-extraordinary colors and striking forms. (swatch.com)
  • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Engineers will deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world's largest garbage patch in the heart of the Pacific Ocean. (kristv.com)
  • While not as provocative as China's designation of an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea, Washington's marine protected areas do fulfill a similar-albeit non-military-purpose by pronouncing, formalizing and entrenching U.S. territorial pre-eminence in the world's biggest ocean. (nationalinterest.org)
  • 11/21/2012 - JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (AFNS) -- On July 22, a U.S. Air Force pilot assigned to Misawa Air Base, Japan, had to eject from an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the turbulent and cold waters of the North Pacific. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Bright as the sun, Chromodoris Kuiteri can be found in the clear blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. (swatch.com)
  • As the R/V Sally Ride cruised through the warm Pacific waters, the researchers were often surrounded by dolphins, sharks and other small and large sea creatures. (princeton.edu)
  • In the area they were sampling, the global circulation of the ocean and atmosphere brings nutrient-rich deep waters up to the surface, a process known as upwelling. (princeton.edu)
  • In the waters around Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) in the north Pacific Ocean , the Corps of Exploration team spotted the funky cephalopod swimming around 2,665 meters (8743 feet) deep above their ROV Little Hercules . (wn.com)
  • Locations around the Pacific Rim, such as Japan, Hawai'i, California, Chile and Aotearoa New Zealand, have collected significant baseline data in their waters. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • Scientists had long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to certain species of deep-sea corals, but a marine biologist's discovery of an odd chain of reefs suggests there are mysteries about the development and durability of coral colonies yet to be uncovered. (nsf.gov)
  • It is present in waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Two other installations complete his work: "Surface," which highlights the problem of plastic pollution in our oceans, and "2%" (the fish in its bowl), which shows how little of the ocean is safeguarded under highly marine protected areas. (pewtrusts.org)
  • The proceeds will finance projects that enhance ocean health through ecosystem restoration, natural resources management, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, reduction of coastal pollution, circular economy, marine renewable energy, and green ports and shipping. (ens-newswire.com)
  • To draw attention to plastic waste pollution in oceans, the World Bank launched a blue bond in April 2019 that raised US$10,000,000. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Study will be based around a series of transits in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean that will continue through November and December 2023. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • Close to the equator, without vast areas of blue ocean, are a dot of atolls that have over intervals of time been formed by seamounts as a result of tiny coral islands strung in a ring within surroundings of a central lagoon. (wikipedia.org)
  • While ejecting from an aircraft and landing in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean would probably not qualify as the man's best day, the pilot was fortunate in that an improbable, varied mix of different people and agencies were seamlessly partnering up to help out. (globalsecurity.org)
  • Billions of baby salmon that have hatched and reared in the rivers are just now making their way out of the Okhotsk Sea into the vast North Pacific Ocean pastures. (earth911.com)
  • But within weeks, the Northeast Pacific Ocean pastures produced a richly nourishing and vast bloom of plankton. (earth911.com)
  • The Obama administration yesterday announced its intention to designate a vast portion of U.S.-controlled areas of the Pacific Ocean as a nature preserve. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The Pacific Coast is known for its vast kelp forests. (npr.org)
  • Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, located in the northwestern Pacific, is the deepest known point in the world, reaching a depth of 10,928 meters (35,853 feet). (wikipedia.org)
  • Moreover, it should be noted that many of the islands contained with the MNM system are current or former military bases: Wake Island and the Johnson Atoll both rest within the existing boundaries of the Pacific Remote Islands MNM, while other MNMs cover Midway Island (the Papahānaumokuākea MNM) and Guam (the Mariana Trench MNM). (nationalinterest.org)
  • Ocean Investigators is a series of programs at the Aquarium for participants 7-12 years old, that encourages exploration of marine life. (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • Come explore the variety of sharks found at the Aquarium and in the ocean. (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • The bonds are part of ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies launched in 2019, which aims to catalyze sustainable investments in Asia and the Pacific by committing to invest and provide technical assistance of at least US$5 billion by 2024. (ens-newswire.com)
  • We will cross multiple fracture zones that record offsets in the mid-ocean ridge where crust is created. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • Flotation of Cobalt-rich Ferromanganese Crust from the Pacific Ocean. (cdc.gov)
  • Ocean Exploration Trust / NOAA). (wn.com)
  • All of the experts had, in sworn testimony before the judge, forecast that only 1.2 million of the gorgeous scarlet sockeye salmon would return from their Northeast Pacific Ocean pastures to spawn that year. (earth911.com)
  • The giant Pacific octopus preys on crustaceans such as snails and shellfish, although they will occasionally prey on smaller octopuses and even small sharks. (aquarium.co.za)
  • According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, megalodons were among the largest fish to ever cruise the oceans, about three times bigger than the largest sharks today. (uri.edu)
  • What is the Pacific Garbage Patch? (ecosalon.com)
  • The 2,000-foot (600-meter) long floating boom will be towed Saturday from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - an island of trash twice the size of Texas. (kristv.com)
  • One of our goals is to remove 50 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years," Slat said. (kristv.com)
  • Ocean circulation (caused by the Coriolis effect) subdivides it into two largely independent volumes of water that meet at the equator, the North Pacific Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean (or more loosely the South Seas). (wikipedia.org)
  • The equator subdivides it into the North Pacific Ocean and South Pacific Ocean , with two exceptions: the Galápagos and Gilbert Islands , while straddling the equator, are deemed wholly within the South Pacific. (wn.com)
  • The same processes that caused coral reefs to die on Central Pacific islands on the equator led to positive conditions just a bit further north. (eurasiareview.com)
  • During El Niño, the ocean current at the equator is weakened, reducing the beneficial nutrients that are typically brought to the surface when this current is flowing strongly. (eurasiareview.com)
  • A regional technical climate science report containing country-scale historical climate and ocean variability and trends information has been launched today. (spc.int)
  • The project was inspired by SPREP's naming 2017 the "Pacific Year of the Whale" and by a need to raise awareness for better ocean protection in New Caledonia. (pewtrusts.org)
  • It is a fundamental component of global heat transport and circulation, the dominant locus of primary productivity, and, consequently, the largest reservoir for carbon exchange between the oceans and the atmosphere. (usgs.gov)
  • Many satellites - as well as astronauts on the International Space Station (that's their photo above) - observed as a thick dust cloud rose nearly 10 miles into the air and then streamed east as it was pulled into the circulation of a storm in the North Pacific. (earth911.com)
  • It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Arctic Ocean (the smallest) is named for the region around the North Pole. (almanac.com)
  • An El Nino is a warming of the central Pacific once every few years, from a combination of wind and waves in the tropics. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) was established in 1979 under an international treaty, the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention . (agriculture.gov.au)
  • The FFA members operate as a bloc at meetings of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) and its subsidiary bodies thereby strengthening the negotiating position of individual Pacific Island countries, including Australia, to influence the measures adopted by the Commission. (agriculture.gov.au)
  • Effective management of, and adequate returns from, regional fisheries to Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are important for regional stability and economic development. (agriculture.gov.au)
  • The SPC provides technical assistance, policy advice, training and research services to Pacific Island Countries and territories in various areas such as health, human development, agriculture, forestry and fisheries. (agriculture.gov.au)
  • Proceeds from the bond were used to support the expansion of marine protected areas, improve governance of priority fisheries, and develop the Seychelles' ocean economy. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Protecting ocean environments is argued to be essential for the long-term health of the planet. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The dual currency bond raised the equivalent of $942 million towards protecting the oceans. (ens-newswire.com)
  • The six legs of the expedition will use technologies such as free-fall landers, armed with a scientific payload to make in situ observations at full-ocean depth, and submarine survey equipment such as multibeam echosounders capable of mapping even extreme points of the sea floor from a surface vessel at superior accuracy. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • A solar-powered airplane landed in California late Saturday night, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii as part of its journey around the world. (cbc.ca)
  • Volcanoes like the one erupting along Russia's North Pacific coast have at times been Pacific salmon's saviors. (earth911.com)
  • Tens of thousands of km2 of Russia's ocean salmon pastures are receiving nutrients in the form of mineral-rich dust from Raikoke. (earth911.com)
  • As one of the planet's important biodiversity centers, the Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, had to balance economic development with environmental protection. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Before 2013, outbreaks had been described in Africa, Southern Europe, Asia, and islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans [3]. (cdc.gov)
  • The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific basin. (greatdreams.com)
  • As a result, large spatial and ecological patterns in species diversity, abundance, genetic links and habitat characteristics remain poorly understood across the wider Pacific basin. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • The Pacific Ocean can also be informally divided by the International Date Line into the East Pacific and the West Pacific, which allows it to be further divided into four quadrants, namely the Northeast Pacific off the coasts of North America, the Southeast Pacific off South America, Northwest Pacific off Far Eastern Asia, and the Southwest Pacific around Oceania. (wikipedia.org)
  • The beast of a storm loomed about 249 miles (400 km) south of Nauru in the Southwest Pacific on Dec. 29, 2018, and its clouds' temperature was picked up by an infrared sensor aboard the U.S.'s NOAA-20 satellite orbiting the planet. (space.com)
  • Here, we present petrographic and geochemical evidence of a possible impact ejecta layer, dating from about 11 Ma, in deep-sea clayey sediment in the Northwest Pacific. (nature.com)
  • Thus, we suggest that an unrecognised impact event in the middle or late Miocene produced the impact ejecta layer of the Northwest Pacific. (nature.com)
  • The consensus is that not enough is known about the deep sea to understand the impacts mining will have on already fragile ocean ecosystems. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • From layers of blubber to filter feeding baleen we will explore the amazing adaptations marine mammals use to survive in the ocean! (aquariumofpacific.org)
  • Oceans and marine wildlife need the space to recover free from harmful human activity. (greenpeace.org.au)
  • The tooth was among samples collected by a remotely operated vehicle from the ocean floor, about 3,000 meters down, within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, an unincorporated U.S. territory. (uri.edu)
  • Specifically, Obama is considering expanding the existing boundaries of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument ( MNM ), a marine reserve created by George W. Bush just days before leaving office in January 2009. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Doing so would make the Pacific Remote Islands MNM the biggest marine reserve in the world. (nationalinterest.org)
  • Whatever the environmental benefits of establishing marine protected areas in the Pacific, then, there are several political and military implications that are worth considering. (nationalinterest.org)
  • America's marine national monuments are monuments to the country's gargantuan geopolitical and territorial standing in the Central and Western Pacific as much as anything else. (nationalinterest.org)
  • The data suggests that these ocean processes helped Palmyra's corals survive during the most extreme marine heatwaves they have faced in the past and may continue to do so in the future. (eurasiareview.com)
  • This information is going to be important for people in the Pacific islands that are trying to decide where to put marine protected areas or to plan for the future. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Cone snails are a rare cause of marine envenomation among divers and shell collectors in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A severe thunderstorm cloud that formed over the Pacific Ocean in 2018 reached the coldest temperatures ever recorded, according to a new study. (space.com)
  • Every few years, the cyclic climate pattern called El Niño arises in the tropical Pacific, causing significant changes in winds, weather and ocean temperatures. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Coral reefs were so stressed by the warmer ocean temperatures that they experienced mass bleaching, whereby the stress caused corals to expel their symbiotic algae and become white. (eurasiareview.com)
  • This process enabled the reefs to better manage the heat stress brought on by the rise in ocean surface temperatures. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The giant Pacific octopus is the largest species in the world, with one specimen weighing 270 kg and stretching more than nine metres long. (aquarium.co.za)
  • Volcanic ash carries iron that is missing in the sea, feeding ocean pastures, making them rich and green. (earth911.com)
  • Banaba , also called Ocean Island , coral and phosphate formation, part of Kiribati , in the west-central Pacific Ocean . (britannica.com)
  • The unexpected discovery of the reefs has prompted some scientists to reconsider the effects of ocean acidification on vulnerable coral colonies. (nsf.gov)
  • Now, scientists at KAUST along with international colleagues have identified localized ocean processes during this El Niño that provided much-needed sustenance to the coral reefs on the Central Pacific island of Palmyra, allowing them not only to survive, but to thrive. (eurasiareview.com)
  • By studying such an isolated ecosystem, Fox and his colleagues were able to identify connections between ocean processes and coral survival that would be difficult to isolate on reefs impacted by humans. (eurasiareview.com)
  • From, probably, the Bismarck Archipelago they crossed the western Pacific to reach the Marianas Islands by 1500 BCE, as well as Palau and Yap by 1000 BCE. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 55-kilometer-deep quake occurred 160 kilometers south of Neiafu in Tonga, the cluster of South Pacific islands east of Australia and north of New Zealand. (greatdreams.com)
  • Our model identifies a new melt source region (Larson melt region at ~17°S, ~125°W) that contributed to the formation of the Line Islands, as well as the Mid-Pacific Mountains and possibly the Pukapuka Ridge. (usgs.gov)
  • After an initial surge of activity that included several distinct explosive pulses, activity subsided and strong winds spread the ash across the Pacific. (earth911.com)
  • But for the ocean observatory satellite fleet, the bloom might have been missed. (earth911.com)
  • However, these reports do not include the US Distant Water Tuna Fleet (DWTF), which operates far from the US West Coast in the Pacific Ocean. (cdc.gov)
  • The Distant Water Tuna Fleet (also known as the US Purse Seine Fleet) is licensed under the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, which has since been amended and reaffirmed [16 USC1 973]. (cdc.gov)
  • This book examines the security dynamics of the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, concentrating upon an analysis and evaluation of the air power capabilities of the various powers active in the two regions. (routledge.com)
  • The volume is designed to help improve understanding of the heritage and contemporary challenges confronting the global community in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific, as well as to illuminate the policies of the various powers involved in the affairs of these regions, and the military capabilities that are available in support of those policies. (routledge.com)
  • The 16 individual chapters examine both the traditional and the non-traditional threats that confront the various Indian Ocean and Western Pacific powers, and assess the roles played by land-based and naval, fixed-wing and rotary-wing, manned and unmanned aircraft, as well as by offensively and defensively capable ballistic and cruise missiles in addressing these challenges. (routledge.com)
  • His previously published books include Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific (2018) and Naval Powers in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific (2018). (routledge.com)
  • The Indian Ocean is named for the subcontinent of India, the name of which in turn comes from the Indus River. (almanac.com)
  • Scientists predict we need to protect at least 30% of our oceans by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of the climate crisis. (greenpeace.org.au)
  • Our oceans are sick and we need the scientists and experts to help us understand what is wrong and how to get better. (spc.int)
  • The Pacific also contains the deepest point in the Southern Hemisphere, the Horizon Deep in the Tonga Trench, at 10,823 meters (35,509 feet). (wikipedia.org)
  • World Oceans Day is today and we celebrate that which sustains us. (ecosalon.com)
  • Several of the features surveyed over the course of the six-month Trans-Pacific Transit Expedition, which ends in Tonga in January 2024, will be 'new' - features that existing, low-resolution satellite altimetry data have thus far failed to resolve. (bgs.ac.uk)
  • Relief may be on the way for a weather-weary United States with the predicted warming of the central Pacific Ocean brewing this year that will likely change weather worldwide. (csmonitor.com)
  • The North Pacific is legendary for being enshrouded in clouds most of the year and almost no one took note of the eruption. (earth911.com)
  • The system was created by The Ocean Cleanup, an organization founded by Boyan Slat, a 24-year-old innovator from the Netherlands who first became passionate about cleaning the oceans when he went scuba diving at age 16 in the Mediterranean Sea and saw more plastic bags than fish. (kristv.com)
  • George Leonard, chief scientist of the Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group, said he's skeptical Slat can achieve that goal because even if plastic trash can be taken out of the ocean, a lot more is pouring in each year. (kristv.com)
  • The funding gap to support healthy oceans is getting wider every year and the scale of the problem requires a leap from small transactions to transformative market deals, the ADB says. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Having our first Australian dollar 15-year and New Zealand dollar 10-year blue bonds under ADB's Green and Blue Bond Framework is a new milestone for sustainable ocean finance. (ens-newswire.com)
  • Giant Pacific octopuses are the longest-living species, with lifespans of up to 5 years. (aquarium.co.za)
  • orty-eight surface sediment samples from the southeast (SE) Pacific (25-53°S) are investigated for the determination of the spatial distribution of organic-walled dinoflagellate cysts along the western South American continental margin. (gbif.org)
  • Leonard said 9 million tons (8 metric tons) of plastic waste enter the ocean annually and that a solution must include a multi-pronged approach, including stopping plastic from reaching the ocean and more education so people reduce consumption of single use plastic containers and bottles. (kristv.com)
  • I'm the first to acknowledge this has never done before and that it is important to collect plastic on land and close the taps on plastic entering into the ocean, but I also think humanity can do more than one thing at a time to tackle this problem," Slat said. (kristv.com)
  • As no researchers were working in the region, no oceanographic research boats studied the dusted and thriving ocean pasture. (earth911.com)
  • Combining this artistic and cultural heritage-which are important parts of New Caledonian communities, especially among the Kanak people-pays tribute to the country and greater Pacific region and its oceanic legacy. (pewtrusts.org)
  • The Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies is a vital part of ADB's strategy to expand the necessary support for its developing member countries to invest in healthy oceans, ensure the achievement of SDG 14, and contribute to the security and prosperity of the region," said Bambang Susantono, ADB vice-president for knowledge management and sustainable development. (ens-newswire.com)
  • But she contacted David Ebert, a modern shark researcher at San José State University and program director of the Pacific Shark Research Center, who preliminary identified the tooth as belonging to the long-extinct predator. (uri.edu)
  • These results show that the effects of ocean acidification on deep-water corals may not be as severe as predicted," said David Garrison, a program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the research. (nsf.gov)
  • The trial was approved by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in September much to the dismay of Pacific countries and ocean advocates calling for either a moratorium or a permanent ban on deep sea mining. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • In recent weeks a growing number of countries around the world including New Zealand, France and Germany have joined Pacific nations in calling for either a temporary or permanent ban on seabed mining. (islandsbusiness.com)
  • With support from the Australian Government, the Tongan Government, and the Pacific Community (SPC), a tide gauge has been recording sea level and climate information in Tonga since January 1993. (spc.int)
  • Oceanographer Bess Ward analyzes data in real time as samples are gathered from the Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico. (princeton.edu)
  • The Eastern Tropical North Pacific Ocean, off the western coast of Mexico, is the most accessible of the three upwelling regions, Ward said. (princeton.edu)
  • Will its iron-rich ash, now falling on the North Pacific, be manna from heaven for all of ocean life? (earth911.com)
  • In other words, said Baco-Taylor, the reefs simply should not exist in the North Pacific. (nsf.gov)