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CHINAA??S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER HEADS FOR WESTERN PACIFIC
BEIJING -- China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said... READ MORE›
HUGE QUAKE HITS SOLOMON ISLANDS
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands early on Friday and a tsunami warning for the South Pacific was later lifted... READ MORE›
6.5 MAGNITUDE QUAKE IN OCEAN OFF CALIFORNIA COAST
The area experienced a magnitude 7.2 earthquake in 1992 that left 95 people injured and caused millions of dollars in damage, according to the USGS... READ MORE›
CHINA, RUSSIA TO PUSH FOR FREE-TRADE AREA IN ASIA-PACIFIC
President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin met during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the South American city... READ MORE›
TWO DEATHS REPORTED, TSUNAMI WARNING AFTER NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE
The magnitude 7.5 earthquake was centered 15 kilometers northeast of Culverden, on the east of the South Island, and struck at 12 02 a.m... READ MORE›
U.S. TO RESETTLE AUSTRALIA'S REFUGEES LANGUISHING ON ISLANDS
The Obama administration had agreed to resettle refugees among almost 1,300 asylum seekers held at Australia's expense on the island nations of Nauru and Papua New Guinea... READ MORE›
U.S. IGNORED GLOBAL WARMING, SEA-LEVEL ISSUES AT SPACE JUNK TRACKING FACILITY PLANNED FOR PACIFIC ATOLL
The Marshall Islands base is among dozens of U.S. military sites threatened by climate change... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Equatorial Pacific Ocean
PACIFIC ISLANDS MAKE LAST-DITCH PLEA TO WORLD BEFORE PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS
Children here in the Pacific talk about climate change like children elsewhere talk about school or TV... READ MORE›
FIRST PICTURES OF NEW ISLAND FORMED BY UNDERWATER VOLCANO
Revealed First pictures of new island formed by underwater volcano... READ MORE›
LATEST DEBRIS FOUND ON ISLAND NOT PART OF FLIGHT 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished last year on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board... READ MORE›
DUTCH PROTOTYPE CLEAN-UP BOOM BRINGS PACIFIC PLASTICS SOLUTION A STEP CLOSER
If all goes well, full-scale deployment of a 100km-long version will take place in the great Pacific garbage patch between California and Hawaii in 2020... READ MORE›
'THIS IS NOT POLITICS, IT'S SURVIVAL'
Sydney Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the last chance to save them from obliteration... READ MORE›
PACIFIC OCEAN'S HIDDEN WONDERS REVEALED ON DIVE TO UNDERWATER VOLCANO
Conservation International hopes to study 50 seamounts, or undersea volcanoes, over the next five years... READ MORE›
NEW SPECIES OF PACIFIC BEAKED WHALE CONFIRMED
Scientists have confirmed that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale roams the northern Pacific Ocean... READ MORE›
LABOR SAYS AUSTRALIA MUST 'TELL STORY OF PACIFIC TO WORLD' AT PARIS CLIMATE TALKS
The impacts of climate change are being felt acutely by Pacific nations, many of which are low-lying, remote, and with vulnerable infrastructure... READ MORE›
PACIFIC LEADERS VOICE FRUSTRATION OVER AUSTRALIA'S POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Australia and New Zealand are the economic powerhouses among the 16 nations making up the Pacific Islands Forum... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 LANDS SAFELY IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER HISTORIC FLIGHT OVER PACIFIC
I am officially in America, said pilot Bertrand Piccard, as he guided the Solar Impulse 2 toward its landing after an extended journey around the world... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
MAJOR 7.5 EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF PAPUA NEW GUINEA, TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED
5 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea, tsunami warning issued Date March 30, 2015... READ MORE›
MAN RESCUED AFTER 2 MONTHS ADRIFT IN PACIFIC
A Coast Guard vessel met the Nikkei Verde off Hawaii and took the survivor to Honolulu... READ MORE›
RECORD NUMBER OF SEA LION PUP STRANDINGS BLAMED ON WARMER OCEAN
A sea lion pup in care at the Marine Mammal Centre in Sausalito, California... READ MORE›
AIRCRAFT PART COULD BE SMALL PIECE OF MALAYSIA PLANE PUZZLE
Ships are searching a section of ocean floor the size of Pennsylvania, based on hourly satellite signals from the plane spanning nearly 8 hours... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
CHAGOSSIANS COULD BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
The consultation process on resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory BIOT launched this week proposes allowing 1 500 Chagossians to live on the archipelago... READ MORE›
PHOTOGRAPHER S INCREDIBLE SELFIE FROM BURJ KHALIFA SHOWS WORLD AT HIS FEET
China only says some things, but does a lot." What Mr. Xi did say in Australia, though, was intended as reassurance backed by resolve... READ MORE›
INDONESIA TELLS OBAMA THEY WILL JOIN ASIA TRADE PACT
Indonesia is an open economy Widodo told reporters in the Oval Office and with the 250 million population we are the largest economy in Southeast Asia... READ MORE›
MH370: SUITCASE REPORTEDLY FOUND ON REUNION ISLAND, CLOSE TO WHERE PLANE DEBRIS RECOVERED
Mh370 suitcase reportedly found on reunion island close to where plane debris recovered... READ MORE›
EL NINO OCEAN WARMING 'CAUSING HAVOC' FOR SEALS OFF CALIFORNIA COAST
A further 100 Guadalupe fur seals and 150 northern fur seals have also been washed up, state-wide... READ MORE›
'ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME' STORM SET TO HIT TINY SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND
Cyclone Pam Vanuatu in panic over 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm bearing down on South Pacific island... READ MORE›
HEADLINES 'EXAGGERATED' CLIMATE LINK TO SINKING OF PACIFIC ISLANDS
The major misunderstanding stems from the conflation of sea-level rise with climate change... READ MORE›
CHINA COAL HEATERS KICK IN, SENDING PM2.5 LEVELS TO HIGHEST HAZARD READING YET
Emissions from industrial plants and the increasing use of cars also are major causes of air pollution in China... READ MORE›
TOHOKU TSUNAMI DEBRIS STILL WASHING UP ON SHORES IN U.S., CANADA
In 2012, a massive, 20-meter-long dock ripped from its moorings in Japan floated up on a beach north of Newport, Oregon... READ MORE›
SOLAR IMPULSE 2 COMPLETES PACIFIC OCEAN FLIGHT
Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight without fuel... READ MORE›
PACIFIC COAST BRACES FOR 'BRUCE LEE' OF EL NINOS
Rain shortfalls in Australasia and downpours in South America could also hurt agricultural production, creating a knock-on effect on commodity prices globally... READ MORE›
MEET THE GUY TRYING TO CLEAN UP THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH
At just 22, Boyan Slat has created a barrier system that's designed to collect and remove trash from the Pacific Ocean without disrupting marine life... READ MORE›
NORTH AMERICA FAR OFF FROM OCEAN PRESERVATION TARGETS, REPORT FINDS
Marine protected areas MPAs include the Florida Keys and California's Monterey Bay national marine sanctuary, which is larger than Yellowstone national park... READ MORE›
BALLOONISTS MAKE HISTORY BY SURPASSING WORLD DISTANCE RECORD FOR HUMAN FLIGHT IN A GAS BALLOON AFTER CROSSING PACIFIC OCEAN
These balloonists have just made history, but they haven't broken the world record... READ MORE›
Related News Headlines : Equatorial Pacific Ocean
PEATLANDS PROTECTION SEEN KEY TO PREVENTING CLIMATE 'TIPPING POINT'
However only a few countries have included plans to manage peatlands in their climate change national strategies, so more action was needed, Rojas-Urrego said... READ MORE›
SWELTERING 2016 TO BE THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, UN SAYS
Another record, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement in Marrakesh, Morocco, where almost 200 nations are discussing ways to slow climate change... READ MORE›
2016 WILL BE THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD, UN SAYS
Because of climate change, the occurrence and impact of extreme events has risen, he said... READ MORE›
WHY HILLARY WON'T UNLEASH WWIII
Born in Brazil, he's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, and has lived in London, Paris, Milan, Los Angeles, Washington, Bangkok and Hong Kong... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S MOST HI-TECH CITY? (AND IT'S NOT SAN FRANCISCO ...)
With all its built-in computational power, Songdo aims to go beyond the concept of the high technology smart city to become a technologically ubiquitous city ... READ MORE›
U.S. HAS NO RIGHT TO LECTURE CHINA OVER NORTH KOREA
The United States is an enormous obstacle to a resolution of the North Korea nuclear issue, the paper said... READ MORE›
'WORSE THINGS IN STORE': STEAMING HOT WORLD SET MORE TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN MARCH, NOAA SAYS
Combined global land and sea-surface temperatures in March were 1.22 degrees above the 20th-century average, beating the previous record for the month... READ MORE›
RISING SEA LEVELS THREATEN U.S. HISTORIC SITES SUCH AS ELLIS ISLAND, BOSTON
Reports by the National Park Service and others have found that rising sea level rises threaten archaeological sites at various historic places in Hawaii... READ MORE›
CLIMATE-RELATED DEATH OF CORAL AROUND WORLD ALARMS SCIENTISTS
The damage off Kiritimati is part of a mass bleaching of coral reefs around the world, only the third on record and possibly the worst ever... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA SATELLITE ACHIEVES STABLE ORBIT, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
He said North Korea had never attempted to flight test the KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missile it is developing... READ MORE›
US AND INDIA CONSIDER JOINT PATROLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
US And India Consider Joint Patrols In South China Sea US Official... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE IS A REVERSE ROBIN HOOD FOR POOR COUNTRIES
Just when you thought the news about climate change couldn't get any worse consider this... READ MORE›