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Hundreds of millions of microplastic particles could be flowing into UK rivers, hidden in raw sewage

Microplastics are everywhere. Snow close to the peak of Mount Everest was found to contain on average 30 microplastic particles per litre. And 11,000m below sea level, in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, an average of 2,200 microplastic particles per litre of sediment were found.

The Conversation

Bizarre mummified 'mermaid' that 'grants immortality if flesh is eaten' is discovered

The terrifying creature, which was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean off Japan betwen 1736 and 1741, looks eerily similar to a human apart from its contorted face, razor-sharp pointed teeth and fish tail

Daily Mirror

Coast Guard shows what $1 billion of cocaine and marijuana looks like

MIAMI — The Coast Guard and other federal officials showed off more than a billion dollars' worth of cocaine and marijuana Thursday that was confiscated from smugglers during several recent operations in the Pacific Ocean and more nearby in the Caribbean Sea.

Miami Herald

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On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill

Peppered with fishing boats and thousands of hungry marine birds, from afar Peru's protected Isla Pescadores - Spanish for Fishermen's Island - looks much as it always has.

Reuters

The spacecraft cemetery: Why NASA dumps its trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean

Space agencies have been using a remote part of the Pacific Ocean to dump spacecraft, but is this best practice?

Inverse

‘We’re going to lose every single one our children’: Scientists’ warning of 9.0 earthquake to hit Washington prompts rush to tsunami-proof schools

Residents of Ocean Shores to vote on tax-raising measure to protect communities along Pacific Ocean

The Independent UK

The ISS is going to crash into the Pacific Ocean. Should you be worried?

NASA recently announced plans to retire the International Space Station by crashing it into the Pacific Ocean — a spacecraft graveyard.

Inverse

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NASA could crash International Space Station into sea within ten years

Would be taken out of orbit into a 'spacecraft graveyard' in remote part of the south Pacific Ocean

Wales Online

Commentary: Why parents need choices in education to protect their values

Montana is one of the least populated states in the lower 48, but what flows out of it reaches to the far corners of the U.S. Montana is the only state hosting rivers that empty into Hudson Bay to the east, Gulf of Mexico to the south, and the Pacific…

Tribune News Service

What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of these destructive waves

On Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami racing across the Pacific Ocean in all directions.

The Conversation

Waves from the Tonga tsunami are still being felt in Australia – and even a 50cm surge could knock you off your feet

The eruption of the underwater volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai created a tsunami felt across the Pacific Ocean. This includes Australia, where small but measurable tsunami waves were still being recorded as late as Monday afternoon. These may even persist into Tuesday morning.

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