Map Shows US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific This Week
Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 11 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of March 28.
Map: 7.0-Magnitude Earthquake Near Tonga Prompts Brief Tsunami Alert
A major, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake prompted a brief “Tsunami Threat” for Tonga. Preliminary ...
Never-before-seen chain of volcanoes discovered hiding on the Pacific seafloor
After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...
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Unexplained Structures Found Deep Underneath The Pacific Ocean
G eoscientists have used earthquakes to study the composition of the lower portion of the Earth’s mantle under the Pacific ...
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Google Maps Showed a Mysterious Black Hole in the Pacific Ocean — Then People Realized What It Was
The Pacific Ocean, the largest and deepest of five oceans ... In 2021, a satellite image captured from Google Maps displayed ...
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New ideas on how to cleanup the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch'
Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...
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New Volcano Chain Found in Cook Islands, Pacific Ocean
Researchers uncover a possible active underwater volcano chain near the Cook Islands, hinting at fresh geological activity.
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The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved
The iguanas' 8,000-kilometer trip — one-fifth of the Earth’s circumference — is the longest made by a flightless land vertebrate.
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‘Cold tongue’: what the Pacific Ocean cool patch mystery says about climate change
A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for the past 30 years, defying the broad global trend and baffling scientists. The surprising and rapid rise in ocean ...