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Great Pacific Garbage Patch Fuels Microplastics, Contributing To Climate Change
As plastic tumbles against itself, it fragments, and a new study shows those fragments don't stay in the water.
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Satellites Capture Record-Breaking 20-Metre Waves Crossing Entire Oceans
ESA satellites have recorded the world’s largest ocean swells — nearly 20 meters high — generated by Storm Eddie in the North Pacific. These giant waves carried storm energy over 24,000 kilometers, reaching distant coasts and proving that ocean swells can transport immense power across the globe even when storms stay offshore.
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Tropical Storm Jerry Intensifies In The Atlantic As Hurricane Priscilla Weakens
Priscilla lost its hurricane status and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it churned up Mexico's western Pacific coast, while Tropical Storm Jerry strengthened in the Atlantic on its approach to the Leeward Islands.
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Video Shows Three Big Storms Swirl In The Pacific Ocean
Despite a late-season boost, the overall cyclone activity remains below historical averages, and direct hits on Hawaii are rare due to environmental factors.
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Hurricane Otis Leaves Nearly 100 Dead, Missing In Mexico
The number of people dead and missing due to Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to close to 100, authorities in the state of Guerrero said on Monday.
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Hurricane Norma, Headed For Mexico, Strengthens To Category 4
Hurricane Norma strengthened Thursday to a powerful Category 4 storm as it headed toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds exceeding 130 miles per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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'Extremely Dangerous' Hurricane Lidia Makes Landfall In Mexico
Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Pacific Coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, forecasters said.
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Video: Sinkhole Swallows 2 Cars In Los Angeles In Massive Storm
The damage by the storm includes flooded homes and cars in Studio City, collapsing hillsides along Mulholland Drive and downed trees and power lines in many other areas.
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Previously Hidden Sunspot Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare, Causes Radio Blackout Across South Pacific
A strong solar flare struck the Earth on Thursday and caused a shortwave radio blackout over a large area of the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.
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Deadly Pacific Cyclone Harold Destroys Buildings, Injures Many In Fiji
A deadly Pacific storm slammed into Fiji on Wednesday, tearing off roofs and flooding towns, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
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Chinese Ship Arrives To Rescue British Solo Yachtswoman In Pacific
A Chinese cargo ship has reached a British solo around-the-world sailor whose yacht was crippled in a ferocious storm as she crossed the Pacific, race organisers said Friday.
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"Extremely Dangerous" Hurricane Willa Strikes Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Willa crashed ashore in western Mexico Tuesday, lashing the Pacific coast with powerful wind, heavy rain and what forecasters warned was "extremely dangerous" storm surge.
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Thousands Evacuated As Hurricane Willa Descends On Mexico
Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings boarded up and classes canceled on Mexico's Pacific coast as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains on Tuesday.
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Powerful Hurricane Willa Bears Down On Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Willa, an extremely dangerous a Category 4 storm, weakened slightly as it veered toward popular tourist resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, prompting government warnings for people to leave high-risk areas and take cover.
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Walkout, Media Bust Ensure Fiery Start To Pacific Summit
The Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru began in dramatic fashion Tuesday, with Chinese diplomats storming out of a meeting and a New Zealand journalist detained for interviewing refugees held on the tiny island nation.
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch Fuels Microplastics, Contributing To Climate Change
As plastic tumbles against itself, it fragments, and a new study shows those fragments don't stay in the water.
-
Satellites Capture Record-Breaking 20-Metre Waves Crossing Entire Oceans
ESA satellites have recorded the world’s largest ocean swells — nearly 20 meters high — generated by Storm Eddie in the North Pacific. These giant waves carried storm energy over 24,000 kilometers, reaching distant coasts and proving that ocean swells can transport immense power across the globe even when storms stay offshore.
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Tropical Storm Jerry Intensifies In The Atlantic As Hurricane Priscilla Weakens
Priscilla lost its hurricane status and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it churned up Mexico's western Pacific coast, while Tropical Storm Jerry strengthened in the Atlantic on its approach to the Leeward Islands.
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Video Shows Three Big Storms Swirl In The Pacific Ocean
Despite a late-season boost, the overall cyclone activity remains below historical averages, and direct hits on Hawaii are rare due to environmental factors.
-
Hurricane Otis Leaves Nearly 100 Dead, Missing In Mexico
The number of people dead and missing due to Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm which hammered the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco last week, has risen to close to 100, authorities in the state of Guerrero said on Monday.
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Hurricane Norma, Headed For Mexico, Strengthens To Category 4
Hurricane Norma strengthened Thursday to a powerful Category 4 storm as it headed toward Mexico's Pacific coast with winds exceeding 130 miles per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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'Extremely Dangerous' Hurricane Lidia Makes Landfall In Mexico
Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico's Pacific Coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, forecasters said.
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Video: Sinkhole Swallows 2 Cars In Los Angeles In Massive Storm
The damage by the storm includes flooded homes and cars in Studio City, collapsing hillsides along Mulholland Drive and downed trees and power lines in many other areas.
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Previously Hidden Sunspot Unleashes Powerful X-Class Solar Flare, Causes Radio Blackout Across South Pacific
A strong solar flare struck the Earth on Thursday and caused a shortwave radio blackout over a large area of the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand.
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Deadly Pacific Cyclone Harold Destroys Buildings, Injures Many In Fiji
A deadly Pacific storm slammed into Fiji on Wednesday, tearing off roofs and flooding towns, after leaving a trail of destruction in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
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Chinese Ship Arrives To Rescue British Solo Yachtswoman In Pacific
A Chinese cargo ship has reached a British solo around-the-world sailor whose yacht was crippled in a ferocious storm as she crossed the Pacific, race organisers said Friday.
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"Extremely Dangerous" Hurricane Willa Strikes Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Willa crashed ashore in western Mexico Tuesday, lashing the Pacific coast with powerful wind, heavy rain and what forecasters warned was "extremely dangerous" storm surge.
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Thousands Evacuated As Hurricane Willa Descends On Mexico
Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings boarded up and classes canceled on Mexico's Pacific coast as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains on Tuesday.
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Powerful Hurricane Willa Bears Down On Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Willa, an extremely dangerous a Category 4 storm, weakened slightly as it veered toward popular tourist resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday, prompting government warnings for people to leave high-risk areas and take cover.
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Walkout, Media Bust Ensure Fiery Start To Pacific Summit
The Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru began in dramatic fashion Tuesday, with Chinese diplomats storming out of a meeting and a New Zealand journalist detained for interviewing refugees held on the tiny island nation.
