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Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ...
Leatherback turtles' newly discovered migration route may be roadmap to salvation
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Jul 15, 2008 |
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With a name like "Leatherback Turtle" you might think the sea turtles could stand up to just about anything the ocean can throw at them, and for more than a hundred million years, they have. But tough, long-lived critters ...
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Swirling clouds over the South Pacific
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rosetta's OSIRIS imaging system spotted an anticyclone over the South Pacific on the morning of 13 November. The images show the scene roughly as a human eye would see it.
'Chicken and chips' theory of Pacific migration
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Jul 29, 2008 |
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A new study of DNA from ancient and modern chickens has shed light on the controversy about the extent of pre-historic Polynesian contact with the Americas.
Major Pacific earthquake prompts tsunami warning
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Mar 20, 2009 |
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A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake has shaken the South Pacific nation of Tonga and sending people in low lying areas of Fiji fleeing for higher ground after a tsunami warning, according to officials.
Research reveals the origins of chooks
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The question of whether the egg or the chicken came first may not have been solved, but University of Queensland research is helping find how the humble chook moved around the world.
Eight carriers in undersea Asia cable project
May 27, 2009 |
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Eight Asian telecoms companies have formed a consortium to build an undersea cable system to link 10 regional hubs, Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PDLT) said Wednesday.
PC sales in Asia-Pacific rise to 23.4 million in Q3: report
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Sales of personal computers (PCs) in the Asia-Pacific region rose 17 percent from a year ago to 23.4 million units in the third quarter, an industry monitor said Tuesday.
'El Nino' arrives in Pacific for a months-long stay
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Jul 09, 2009 |
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US scientists on Thursday said that the El Nino warming trend of the Pacific Ocean waters has returned, bringing with it almost certain changes in weather patterns around the world.
Subseafloor sediment in South Pacific Gyre one of the least inhabited places on Earth
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Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international oceanographic research expedition to the middle of the South Pacific Gyre - a site that is as far from continents as it is possible to go on Earth's surface - found so few organisms beneath ...
Massive quake moves NZealand closer to Australia
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Jul 22, 2009 |
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A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday.
Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are set to study the earbones and organs of more than 2000 albacore tuna to better understand the growth, age and breeding patterns of this increasingly important species.
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