The Vanuatu Archipelago is a collection of volcanic islands about 1,800 kilometers (1,100 miles) northeast of Australia. Two of the islands, Gaua and Ambrym, frequently vent sulfurous gases.
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2014
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The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) has enabled scientists to determine that a long-term shift in nitrogen content ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2014
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During its third and final flyby of Earth on 13 November 2009, Rosetta imaged this anticyclone over the South Pacific.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2013
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Pacific leaders whose nations are threatened by climate change on Tuesday opened a regional summit in the Marshall Islands with a challenge to the rest of the world to take action.
Environment
Sep 3, 2013
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NOAA scientists report the discovery of the first known colony of table coral off of the south shore of O'ahu in Hawai'i. A report on the discovery was published last month in the Bulletin of Marine Science.
Environment
Aug 8, 2013
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A $60 million research ship funded by a Google executive is setting sail from San Francisco to study a so-called "dead zone" in the Pacific Ocean and other mysteries of the sea.
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2013
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The Red Cross has launched a light-hearted education campaign aimed at those it describes as most vulnerable to climate change: Pacific islanders living on low-lying atolls threatened by rising seas.
Environment
Jul 3, 2013
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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java and was felt hundreds of kilometers away in the capital, Jakarta, but no major damage was reported.
Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2013
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Black passengers face clear discrimination on Brisbane buses, a study from The University of Queensland School of Economics has shown.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2013
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(Phys.org) —An international, multidisciplinary team of scientists have combined their expertise to make projections for the future of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture in the 21st century. Their research suggests ...
Environment
Mar 12, 2013
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