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Shark-bitten orcas in the Northeastern Pacific could be a new population of killer whale

UBC researchers believe a group of killer whales observed hunting marine mammals including sperm whales, as well as a sea…

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Earthquakes hastened sea rise in Pacific islands by sinking the ground

Tutuila, the largest island in the US territory of American Samoa Peto Laszlo/Alamy The Samoan Islands are sinking faster after…

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Union Pacific leads weekly gains among big-cap industrials (NYSEARCA:XLI)

Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images Union Pacific (NYSE:UNP) this week rose 4.2% for the biggest gain among large-cap industrial stocks.…

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Cooler, wetter parts of Pacific Northwest likely to see more fires, new simulations predict

Forests in the coolest, wettest parts of the western Pacific Northwest are likely to see the biggest increases in burn…

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How kelp forests persisted through the large 2014-2016 Pacific marine heatwave

New research led by Monterey Bay Aquarium and the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals that denser, and more sheltered,…

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US needs to work with greater intensity in the Pacific

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters speaks during a news conference after he attended an emergency…

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Is clearing all that plastic worth the effort?

Fish caught up in discarded nets in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Ocean Voyages Institute/ZUMA Wire/Shutterstock IT WAS a glorious…

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Re-calibrating the sail plan for Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders in ocean sciences

n HawaiÊ»i and across much of Oceania, Pacific Islanders celebrate the connections between their islands and the ocean that surrounds…

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This ‘blue dragon’ sliced through the ancient Pacific with paddle-like fins

About 72 million years ago, a mosasaur the size of a modern great white shark terrorized the Pacific Ocean. Nicknamed…

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With China poised, Campbell says vital for US to approve Pacific deals By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kurt Campbell attends the China Development Forum in Beijing, China March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo…

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