Priscilla, Pacific Ocean and Mexico
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A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be much more stable—and robust—than previously thought. Analyzing nitrogen isotopes locked up in the shells of ancient plankton,
Experts say a massive heat wave in the northern Pacific Ocean is the likely reason for the unusually warm temperatures across parts of Canada.
It’s Back!!! The "blob" has returned. This "blob" is the marine heatwave that now spans much of the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
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Scientists warn 'warm blob' anomaly in Pacific Ocean could make this winter brutal: 'Spanning a vast region'
Meteorologists will factor this year's warm blob into forecasts for winter. The large patch of anomalous water can induce a ridge of high pressure over the Pacific Northwest, which shifts the jet stream eastward and can plunge the Eastern United States into Arctic temperatures.
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.
A major portion the oceanside bluff collapsed over the weekend, leaving pricey homes closer to the Pacific than anticipated.
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Priscilla was strengthening slowly in the eastern Pacific Ocean and could bring heavy rain and gusty winds to coastal southwestern Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Sun
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The WWII Balloon Bombs That Floated Across the Pacific
In the final years of World War II, Japan launched one of the strangest and most ambitious attacks in military history - thousands of hydrogen balloons carrying bombs across the Pacific Ocean. Designed to ride the jet stream,