Animal world
What happened to the salmon during their journey in the mysterious 'black box'?
Warming sea levels due to the effects of climate change have made models to predict salmon production in the North Pacific no longer accurate.
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Archeology
The mystery of the yellow brick road on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
Scientists find a strange yellow brick road on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that could lead to the lost city.
New technology
Japan makes giant construction robots controlled by virtual reality, cool like the Jaegers in Pacific Rim
In the field of robot manufacturing, Japan has always been a force that many other countries have to respect. And recently, they continue to prove this, when the railway…
Discover science
Why are 90% of the world's earthquakes in the Pacific Ring of Fire?
The Ring of Fire is dominating the Pacific Ocean. It is a chain of at least 450 volcanoes - active and inactive - forming a horseshoe shape, about 40,000km long.
Oceanography
Discover the fish family with the most monstrous species in the world
The Syngnathiformes family includes seahorses and many extremely bizarre relatives, worthy of being considered the 'masterpieces' of the creator.
Oceanography
The first human-carrying ship to descend to the bottom of the Atacama Trench, 8,000m deep
The high-pressure submarine took two experts to explore the deepest trench in the Eastern Pacific and observe a rich variety of marine life.
Animal world
Many sea creatures form flocks and nest on plastic trash floating in the ocean
Called the neo-ocean community, swarms of these creatures are growing in the Pacific Garbage Island area and drifting with the currents.
Oceanography
West Indies Pacific reef in danger of collapsing
New research warns coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean could disappear completely in the next 50 years if urgent action is not taken.
Archeology
Discovered mammoth tusks buried for nearly 3 million years on the seabed
Researchers discovered a tusk from a mammoth carcass that drifted and fell more than 3,000 meters below the Pacific Ocean.
Oceanography
Interesting things about sea cucumbers that not everyone knows
The class Holothuroidea consists of tubular molluscs with a tentacle mouth at one end and an anus at the other. Many species are human food.
Environment
How bad was the flooding in the Pacific Northwest?
Floods and landslides have devastated the West Coast of Canada and the United States just months after a record heatwave, raising alarms about the worsening situation of…
Oceanography
The strange fish has up to 555 teeth... and loses 20 of them every day
You will be surprised to know that there is a type of fish with many teeth and they lose a lot of teeth too
1001 mystery
Explore the 'color blind island': Home to 250 residents and 10% of them are completely color blind
Pingelap is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, which is also known as the 'color blind island'.
Discover science
Why is the La Nina phenomenon so destructive to the planet?
The transition from El Nino to La Nina creates a form of terrible destruction to people, the environment and ecosystems on Earth.
Space science
Vortex between the ocean as seen from space
Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) record a unique phenomenon when flying over the South Pacific.