pacific ocean
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Another La Niña Fall Means U.S. Drought Will Get Even Worse
It’s looking like we’re heading into a third year of La Niña.
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MrBeast Misses the Point
This week, YouTuber MrBeast posted a video with an elaborate, death-free reconstruction of the challenges from the popular South Korean drama Squid Game to his, as of the time of this writing, 82.9 million followers. The video garnered criticism from many who saw it as a tone-deaf stunt that completely misses the show’s point about…
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The Hunt For Undiscovered Drugs At The Bottom Of The Sea
In 2009, Kerry McPhail descended Jacques Cousteau-style towards the Axial Volcano, inside the cramped, 30-year-old little submarine DSV Alvin, with a pilot and another scientist. Four hundred and eighty kilometres off the coast of Oregon, they were collecting tubeworms, bacterial mats and bivalves living near a deep sea volcanic vent. These samples could potentially yield…
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Because Of Climate Change, Five Pacific Islands Have Vanished
As climate change worsens around the world, its effects are increasingly being observed. One notable effect has been the disappearance of five Solomon Islands in the West Pacific due to rising sea levels.