Pacific Ocean

April 06April 06
In the dark depths of the Pacific, US submarines patrol with an eye fixed firmly on China
- National
- News
Hundreds of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, cocooned within one of the US Navy’s most technologically advanced pieces of equipment, Rear Adm. Jeff Jablon is clear-eyed about the two biggest challenges his team faces.

Pristine Villarreal
March 21March 21
Is this normal? California is facing its 12th atmospheric river this winter following a historic drought
California is bracing for yet another powerful, atmospheric river storm this week, continuing the onslaught of major weather whiplash after a yearslong, historic megadrought.

Pristine Villarreal
March 09March 09
La Niña has ended and El Niño will form during hurricane season, forecasters say
After three consecutive years of an unusually stubborn pattern, La Niña has officially ended and El Niño is on the way, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

Pristine Villarreal
January 07January 07
California is suing a Silicon Valley billionaire for blocking public access to a beach
- Entertainment
For nearly a century, people flocked to Martin’s Beach, a picturesque stretch of sand just south of Half Moon Bay in the San Francisco Bay Area, to swim, surf and dig their toes into the sand. Then in 2008, Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla, through two limited liability companies, bought two large pieces of land […]
January 02January 02
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake lightly shakes the Los Angeles area
- Community
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake lightly shook the Los Angeles area early Thursday, striking in the ocean off coastal Southern California. The quake began at 2:13 a.m. PT, centered in the Pacific Ocean about 15 miles south of Port Hueneme, a city roughly 60 miles west of downtown Los Angeles, the US Geological Survey says. The […]
December 19December 19
Pineapple Express Storm to Bring Flooding and Snow to the West
- Community
- Local
An atmospheric river is moving to the West Coast, likely to bring menacing flooding, heavy mountain snow, and damaging winds. Atmospheric rivers are narrow corridors of the upper atmosphere that transport intense moisture from a large body of water onto land. The Pineapple Express is a specific atmospheric river that originates near Hawaii and travels […]
October 04October 04
The biggest source of microplastics in California coastal waters? Car tires
- Entertainment
Cars do more damage to our environment than we may have realized. The harmful effects that fossil fuels have on our environment are well documented — a study from March found that global fossil-fuel emissions account for nearly 70% of climate cooling. But cars appear to be polluting in a way that hasn’t been deeply studied. According […]
October 02October 02
A floating device created to clean up plastic from the ocean is finally doing its job, organizers say
- Entertainment
A huge trash-collecting system designed to clean up plastic floating in the Pacific Ocean is finally picking up plastic, its inventor announced Wednesday. The Netherlands-based nonprofit the Ocean Cleanup says its latest prototype was able to capture and hold debris ranging in size from huge, abandoned fishing gear, known as “ghost nets,” to tiny microplastics as small […]

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