Visit to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch August 31, 2009 | SEAPLEX "A thousand miles off California, the North Pacific Ocean Gyre contains one... de Rothschild and his Plastic Boat March 15, 2009 | National Geographic David de Rothschild is planning to set sail on his new boat,... Greenland Sharks July 29, 2008 | Discovery Channel Some interesting facts about sharks of the North Atlantic (Greenland Shark) and... Video: Underwater Volcano Eruption June 20, 2008 | Discovery News See video footage of a volcano erupting underwater! The volcano is located... NOAA’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center September 28, 2007 | NOAA Here's the place to go if you want to check for a... Pacific Tsunami Threat from Alaska Earthquake September 30, 2009 | Durham University The potential for a huge Pacific Ocean tsunami on the West Coast... Sea Surface Temperature Maps August 28, 2007 | NOAA Sea surface temperatures are important determinants of hurricane formation and the data... British Man Swims at North Pole July 18, 2007 | Red Orbit / AP A British man swam 1/2 mile in 20 minutes at the North... Measuring North Pole Ice Thickness March 16, 2009 | CNN A video about the three British explorers who are trekking to the... Garbage in the Ocean March 16, 2009 | Reuters Thousands of people volunteered last September to retrieve trash from the ocean... El Nino and Pacific Typhoons October 8, 2009 | CNN An article on the CNN website explores the relationship between El Nino... Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Near Fiji Islands December 9, 2007 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occured in the southwestern Pacific Ocean near the... Major Earthquakes in the Pacific October 7, 2009 | CNN CNN has an article about today's major earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean.... Google Considers a Trans-Pacific Undersea Cable September 24, 2007 | Wall STreet Journal Google is in discussions with other potential partners about laying a trans-Pacific... New Sea Creatures Discovered October 25, 2008 | ABC News Scientists have found hundreds of previously unknown species of sea life in... Earthquake and Tsunami: American Samoa Region September 29, 2009 | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program USGS reports that a 7.9 magnitude earthquake occurred along a plate boundary... Glory Over the Pacific May 30, 2008 | NASA Earth Observatory A "glory" is an atmospheric phenomenon with the same colors as a... What to Do About Garbage in the Ocean? June 9, 2009 | CNN Earth's oceans are becoming more and more polluted with garbage. This article... Sequestering Carbon Dioxide in Basalt December 7, 2007 | Vail Trail Carbon dioxide is one of the problem gases of global climate change... North Atlantic: Impact of Climate Change March 4, 2009 | Cornell University An article on the Cornell University website titled "Evidence found for climate-driven... |