Ancient geoglyphs in Chile's Atacama Desert face threats from vehicles and mining, risking irreversible damage. Learn about ...

The Great Pacific Garbage ... one of five major ocean gyres – and one of five offshore accumulation zones of plastic. After two years of research, he returned to the site. He'd discovered ...

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a string of sparsely populated islets in the Western Pacific Ocean that make up the U.S.'s westernmost frontier, along with the major military hub of Guam some 100 miles to the south. Tinian was ...

Surely these animals, adapted over millennia to navigate the ocean, must easily bypass any barrier around which they can theoretically swim. That assumption, though, is wrong. According to Karissa ...

Photograph by HelloRF ZCool, Shutterstock 15 min read Located in the Pacific Ocean near the equator ... Historic Vigan is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is full of unique architecture reflecting ...

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In 1728, Vitus Bering, a Danish-born officer in the Russian Navy of Tsar Peter the Great, made the first of his two voyages in the North Pacific Ocean ... from making an official sighting.

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But Taku Yoshida, a Nakadomari official, is adamant that ... northeast from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean. That means challengers would have to swim against the tide if they started ...

China has accused Japan of treating the ocean as ... while one official said that only a small fraction of the discharge would end up in Korean waters. Meanwhile the Pacific Islands Forum regional ...