Tag Archives: Pacific

An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise back in 2022: an ancient dried-up lake bed paved with what appears to be a yellow brick road. The exploration vessel Nautilus discovered the eerie scene while surveying the Liliʻuokalani ridge in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM). PMNM is one of the largest marine conservation …

Fortuna’s North Pacific Dermatology Says It Is First in Humboldt County to Offer Nonsurgical Treatment for Common Skin Cancer  Redheaded Blackbelt Source link

Pacific coast on high alert for massive underwater volcano eruption  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

A submarine volcano off the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the US is set to blow in 2025. Seamounts like this are providing scientists with the perfect opportunity to study the evolution of early life on Earth and the potential threat of deep-sea mining – that is, unless their equipment gets frazzled in the brewing eruption.  The Axial Seamount …

In a groundbreaking study, scientists from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) have uncovered a massive hydrogen-producing hydrothermal system beneath the western Pacific seafloor. This discovery, published in Science Advances on August 8, 2025, provides new insight into a rare and powerful process occurring far beneath the Earth’s surface. The study sheds light on the …

HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say …

HONOLULU — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say will …

Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut plunged back to Earth on Saturday, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, west of San Diego, to wrap up a five-month mission to space. Strapped into SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance, commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and cosmonaut Kirill Peskov gently splashed down at 11:33 …

In today’s episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, brought to you by LMNT, we are joined by Nathan Wright, known on trail… Aug 4th : Backpacker Radio Source link

Roy Cabal was on the beach Sunday in Pacific City when a co-worker alerted him to an unusual sight nearby: a shark wiggling in the sand. The young fish was there for about 20 minutes near Bob Straub State Park before waves washed it back out to sea, said Cabal, who works for Twin Creeks Beach and Trail Rides in …