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'Dry' California got big rains. Was it really an epic weather forecasting fail?

For decades, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean have loomed large in predicting weather in California and other parts of the globe. El Niño — a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific — seemed synonymous with wet winters for Southern California, while La Niña was a heralder…

Los Angeles Times

Qantas flight mayday: can a plane normally fly on just one engine? An aviation expert explains

You may have seen the news Qantas flight 144 from Auckland landed safely in Sydney yesterday after the pilot was forced to shut down an engine and issue a mayday call while flying over the Pacific Ocean.

The Conversation

Qantas plane with more than 100 passengers lands after mayday call over Pacific

A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney has landed safely after it issued a mayday call following an engine problem over the Pacific Ocean

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Qantas plane lands safely in Sydney after ‘mayday’ distress signal over Pacific Ocean

The passenger plane experienced an issue with one of its engines while flying over the sea

Evening Standard

Qantas plane lands safely after mayday call over Pacific

A Qantas flight traveling from New Zealand to Sydney has landed safely after it issued a mayday call following an engine problem over the Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK

Orion back at Kennedy Space Center so NASA can dissect Artemis I mission

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orion space capsule from Artemis I has come full circle, having launched from Kennedy Space Center, traveled 1.4 million miles in space and around the moon, splashed back down to Earth in the Pacific Ocean, and now journeyed 2,500 miles over land for its return to…

Orlando Sentinel

California braces for more heavy rain after days of flooding

A plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean is expected to bring additional rainfall to the US state in the coming days.

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A powerful storm in California is causing flooding, road closures and power outages

The so-called atmospheric river storm was pulling in a long and wide plume of moisture from the Pacific Ocean. Flooding and rock slides closed portions of roads across Northern California.

WEKU

Farm-bred octopus: A benefit to the species or an act of cruelty?

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — Sandwiched here between the Pacific Ocean and Kona Airport — atop a dusty volcanic desert — dozens of 50-gallon water tanks gurgle and bubble away; each home to a solitary, wild-caught octopus and a couple of floating, plastic bath toys.

Los Angeles Times

Quivira Golf Club: You’ve yet to experience a resort course like this

There is a view of the Pacific Ocean from every hole and the comfort stations are a golfer's dream.

USA Today Sports Media Group

California quake occurred in very seismically active region

The big earthquake that rocked the far north coast of California this week originated in an area under the Pacific Ocean where multiple tectonic plates collide, creating the state's most seismically active region

The Independent UK

Mexico reinvents island prison as Pacific tourist draw

One of Mexico's most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway after a makeover aimed at bringing in tourists to the former penal colony.

Reuters

Chinese carrier fleet sails near Okinawa

A Chinese Navy fleet of six warships, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, sailed through waters between Okinawa and Miyako islands, both in Okinawa Prefecture, into the Pacific Ocean on Friday, the Defense Ministry announced on the day.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Polynesian pride: Three-day canoe voyage in mid-Pacific

A daunting canoe voyage — covering almost 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles across a stretch of the Pacific Ocean — is underway

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Joan Didion for sale: the auction of the author's belongings reveals the grand fiction of her image

There are few writers as visually distinctive as Joan Didion. We have glimpses of her as a young reporter with her delicately poised silk scarf and anorak. A decade later we see her on the porch of her Malibu home, casting an ironic glance at her partner and daughter in…

The New Daily

Climate change will disrupt El Nino and La Nina 40 years earlier than thought

Climate change will influence our weather sooner than thought. This has big implications for how we prepare for extreme weather events.

The Conversation

Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought

You’ve probably heard a lot about La Niña lately. This cool weather pattern is the main driver of heavy rain and flooding that has devastated much of Australia’s southeast in recent months.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Quad's Malabar joint drills opened to press

The Maritime Self-Defense Force on Friday invited the press to observe Malabar, a joint exercise with the U.S., Australian and Indian navies and the Australian air force being conducted in Pacific Ocean waters south of the Kanto region.

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Spain closes airspace as out-of-control Chinese rocket debris flies over

300 flights delayed as rocket parts pass through atmosphere and crash into Pacific Ocean

Zenger

Roslyn Forms In East Pacific, On Track To Strike Mexico As Powerful Hurricane

The brief break in tropical activity across the eastern Pacific Ocean has come to an end with the formation of Tropical Storm

Daily Mirror

UFOs spotted by baffled pilots surrounded by strange craft over the Pacific Ocean

Air traffic control recordings have shown several airline pilots have shared their experiences of spotting unidentified flying objects sharing the skies with them recently

Tribune News Service

Could an underwater microphone in Pacific Ocean hold the key to protecting whales?

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sitting 280 feet below water on the floor of the Pacific Ocean just 26 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, a credit-card-sized underwater microphone represents the latest attempt to keep Earth’s largest mammals safe from human-caused destruction.

Reuters

Russia says strategic bombers flew over Pacific, Bering and Okhotsk seas

Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that two of its Tu-95MS strategic bombers had conducted a flight of more than 12 hours over the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk.

Reuters

Quake strikes in Pacific off Central America, no reports of damage

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean between Central America and the Galapagos Islands on Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no initial reports of damage.

Inverse

In 300 million years, the planet's most iconic ocean will be gone — study

For the sake of the study, the research team ran a series of 4-D geodynamic modeling on a supercomputer to simulate how supercontinents form.

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