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Scientists may have found a new form of oxygen being created
Researchers claim to have found evidence of oxygen on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. They said that they found polymetallic nodules that produce an electric current and split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen in a process called electrolysis. “There may be enough polymetallic nodules to meet global energy needs for decades after,” researchers…
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The Climate Crisis is Gobsmacking, but so is progress
The temperature of the water in the Pacific Ocean will rise by about 0.2C in 2023 compared to last year’s record, according to a new report from NOAA. The report, released on Monday, also said that the world’s sea surface temperature is likely to rise by about 0.6C by 2023. It added that temperatures are…
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The water at the nuclear power plant is being released with treated radioactive water
A fisherman in Japan said he’s suing the government to stop the release of the treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into Pacific Ocean. “The price of local fish has been at its highest level since the earthquake and the meltdown,” Haruo Ono said. The first release of 7,800 tons of…
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The US government doesn’t know what it was that was shot down
The US on Saturday said that it shot down an object in the Pacific Ocean, adding that it “posed a reasonable threat to the safety” of civilian flight. This comes days after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the South Carolina coast by a US fighter jet. The object was first noticed…
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China has become more aggressive to the US over the past 5 years according to a top US general.
The number of Chinese intercepts of US military aircraft has increased significantly over the last five years, US Air Force General Mark Milley said. “The volume, the number of Chinese intercepts…has increased significantly over five years,” he added. Last week, China conducted military drills near the southern island of Japan in the Pacific Ocean, Japanese…
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Thousands of people are without power due to heavy rain and winds on the West Coast.
US Forest Service has issued an avalanche warning for backcountry in the mountains west of Lake Tahoe, where it said “several feet of new snow and strong winds will result in dangerous avalanche conditions”. The atmospheric river storm, a long and wide plume of moisture pulled in from Pacific Ocean, began sweeping across northern part…
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The US president’s past promises in meeting with China are under scrutiny.
China on Friday held drills close to Japan’s southern Okinawa island in the Pacific Ocean, according to Japanese authorities. On December 22, China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed about 560 km east of Kitadaito Island, located off Okinawa’s east coast. Earlier, around 180 fighter jets and helicopters took off and landed on the Liaoning aircraft carrier,…
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What will happen to the Moon Capsule after it is back?
The Orion capsule will return to Earth in a few days after it successfully landed on the Moon on Wednesday. NASA has decided to keep the capsule in an air-to-surface area of the Pacific Ocean until conditions are right to send it back. “The next big test…is the heat shield,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson had…