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The Latest Breaking News from the Pacific Ocean

Hawaii governor urges residents to stay home as Tsunami warning issued

Hawaii governor Josh Green has declared a state of emergency as a tsunami warning was issued following a powerful undersea earthquake in the Pacific Ocean.

The Independent UK

Native American teens take long-awaited kayak trip to celebrate return of salmon to dam-freed river

Four dams were dynamited and removed between 2023 to 2024, freeing hundreds of miles of the Klamath.

Euronews

Private spaceflight for astronauts from Poland and Hungary ends with Pacific splashdown

The last time Poland, Hungary and India put anyone in space was during the late 1970s and 1980s, launching with the Soviets.

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Lockheed Revives Plans For Pacific Deep Sea Mining

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) is re-entering deep-sea mining and talking to potential partners about activating two exploration zones it holds in the lucrative Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean.

Benzinga

China Downplayed Nuclear-capable Missile Test: Classified NZ Govt Papers

China tried to mislead foreign governments in 2024 by playing down the importance of a nuclear-capable missile test over the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand diplomats privately warned in documents obtained by AFP. Beijing sent shivers through the South Pacific in September 2024, when its elite Rocket Force fired a dummy…

International Business Times

Tropical storm expected to become hurricane before hitting Pacific coast

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The Independent UK

Tropical Storm in the Pacific is expected to become a hurricane

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Erick has formed in the Pacific Ocean near southern Mexico

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Why is the Pacific Ocean so big?

Look at any world map and you'll see that the Pacific is the largest ocean. But how did it get so big?

LiveScience

Cat dad who quit his job to sail the Pacific Ocean has arrived in Hawaii: ‘Dear Corporate America, I won’

A documentary could be in the pipeline too

PetsRadar

29-year-old manager quits job to go sailing across the Pacific Ocean with his cat because ‘the world kind of sucks’

He’s on his way from Oregon to Hawaii and then to French Polynesia

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6.3 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific Ocean rattles Ecuador

A strong 6.3 earthquake off Ecuador’s Pacific coast has shaken the northern part of the country Friday, with some initial reports of some damages to houses

The Independent UK

'Desperate to get going': Brothers to begin Pacific rowing record-breaking bid

THREE Scottish brothers aiming to become the fastest people to row across the Pacific Ocean are preparing to embark on their four-month, 9000-mile…

The National (Scotland)

Fram2 astronaut mission's West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission returned to Earth in the Pacific Ocean on Friday (April 4), marking a first for the spaceflight company.

Space

Giant, near-perfect cloud ring appears in the middle of the Pacific Ocean — Earth from space

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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Evening Standard

Triple amputee begins world-first solo and unsupported sail across Pacific

Army veteran Craig Wood set sail from Mexico to begin his 80-day challenge sailing solo across the Pacific Ocean.

The Independent UK

Solo rower who spent three days ‘fighting for life’ in Cyclone Alfred reunited with wife

A solo rower who was caught in Cyclone Alfred, which had winds of up to 100km/h, while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California to Australia has been reunited with his wife.

The Conversation

Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits

The U.S. Supreme Court has limited how flexible the Environmental Protection Agency and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act in a ruling issued March 4, 2025. However, the justices kept the decision relatively narrow.

The Independent UK

Pacific Ocean solo rower rescued from 100kmph Cyclone Alfred days before completing feat

A solo rower attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California to Australia was rescued by a warship after getting caught in a tropical cyclone with winds of up to 100km/h.

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The Independent UK

Cyclone Alfred wrecks man’s bid to row across Pacific Ocean after rowing over 10,000km

Rower had set out to cross the Pacific Ocean without stopping

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Australian navy rescues adventurer who hit a cyclone while rowing across the Pacific Ocean

An Australian warship has rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who ran into a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California

Space

Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts across Pacific Ocean (video)

A strong X-class solar flare erupted from the sun on Sunday, Feb. 23, creating radio blackouts across parts of the Pacific Ocean.

LiveScience

Earth from space: A mysterious 'black hole' in Pacific Ocean that sparked wild rumors online

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sparking bizarre rumors about its origin. However, it turned out to be a small island with incredibly dense tree coverage.

The Conversation

An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean – and it could be a global time marker

Earth must have experienced something exceptional 10 million years ago. Our study of rock samples from the floor of the Pacific Ocean has found a strange increase in the radioactive isotope beryllium-10 during that time.

Sports Illustrated

Broadcast Roasts Tom Kim for Slow Play That Led to Water Ball at Pebble Beach

Tom Kim caught grief for taking over a minute to hit an approach shot that ended up in the Pacific Ocean.

The Conversation

‘Digital doppelgangers’ are helping scientists tackle everyday problems – and showing what makes us human

As rising seas lap at its shore, Tuvalu faces an existential threat. In an effort to preserve the tiny island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, its government has been building a “digital twin” of the entire country.

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