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A sea change for Auckland’s event schedule

The council-controlled organisation in charge of events in Auckland hopes to make waves with a new yearly month-long ocean festival, reports Matthew Scott

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Underwater volcanic eruption gives birth to new island in the Pacific

A volcanic eruption off the Japanese island of Iwo Jima on Oct. 30 led to the formation of a new 330-foot-wide island just north of the explosion site.

LiveScience

Discovered in the deep: the ancient plankton that fill a major evolutionary gap

First found in rocks on a logging trail in Canada, the 500-million-year-old microfossils are believed to be forerunners of the algae

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Time to focus on maritime trade is now: Admiral Arun Prakash

Admiral Arun Prakash (Retired) spoke at the H. K. Sherwani Centre for Deccan Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, on the Deccan's maritime history and India's evolution as a maritime power. He discussed the impact of European navies and their superior technology, and the need to reconsider the Regional Comprehensive…

The Hindu

Acapulco was built to withstand earthquakes, but not Hurricane Otis' destructive winds – how building codes failed this resort city

Acapulco wasn’t prepared when Hurricane Otis struck as a powerful Category 5 storm on Oct. 25, 2023. The short notice as the storm rapidly intensified over the Pacific Ocean wasn’t the only problem – the Mexican resort city’s buildings weren’t designed to handle anything close to Otis’ 165 mph winds.

The Conversation

NZ should rethink stance on Japan’s nuclear wastewater

Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch

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How global warming shakes the Earth: Seismic data show ocean waves gaining strength as the planet warms

As oceans waves rise and fall, they apply forces to the sea floor below and generate seismic waves. These seismic waves are so powerful and widespread that they show up as a steady thrum on seismographs, the same instruments used to monitor and study earthquakes.

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Kufos researchers brave extreme Arctic conditions in quest for new findings

KUFOS researchers from Kochi are swapping warm climes for Arctic research. Four have already made it to the list of Arctic explorers. All are from the same lab and focus on the Southern Ocean. Their research includes sedimentary organic compounds, micro/nano-plastics, pollutants, Arctic warming, and methane release. Resmi P. is…

The Hindu

Where to play golf around Los Angeles: Golfweek’s Best 2023 public-access courses

We rank the best courses within a reasonable drive of Los Angeles.

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Netflix’s new heist film trailer from The Italian Job director shows an action comedy set 40,000 ft in the air

What if Ocean's Eleven was in the air? If this film is as good as the trailer looks, this is going to be a high-octane hoot.

TechRadar

A cosmic ocean of shame: Jesmyn Ward's Let Us Descend confronts a history beyond the ken of storytelling

It is worth asking whether there are topics beyond the capacity of the novel. Are there subjects so immense in historical scope and in depths of human suffering that a form engineered to tackle but a bare handful of lives in sufficient detail cannot possibly accommodate them?

The Conversation

French island Mayotte survives on bottled water in century's worst drought

The French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte will this month begin distributing bottled water to its 310,000 residents as the region faces its worst drought this century.

Radio France Internationale

NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video)

Data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite was used to map surface heights of the planet's oceans and freshwater lakes and rivers.

Space

The Israel-Hamas war has not quashed their compassion, their empathy, their hope

They're from Israel and Gaza. A man who lost his parents feels as if he is swimming in an ocean of sorrow. A teen has a bullet lodged in his spine. How do they find room in their hearts for empathy?

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The Independent UK

Offshore wind projects face economic storm. Cancellations jeopardize Biden clean energy goals

The cancellation of two large offshore wind projects in New Jersey is the latest in a series of setbacks for the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, jeopardizing President Joe Biden's goal of powering 10 million homes by towering ocean-based turbines by the end of the decade

LiveScience

Watch a huge megapod of acrobatic spinner dolphins in incredible, rare video

A megapod of dolphins with thousands of individuals has been captured on video hunting flying fish off the coast of Costa Rica.

Radio France Internationale

Heavy rains disrupt final day of British royal tour in Kenya

King Charles III's final day in Kenya on Friday was disrupted by heavy rains and floods as he toured the historic heart of the Indian Ocean city of Mombasa.

The Conversation

Can we eat our way through an exploding sea urchin problem?

Longspined sea urchins are native to temperate waters around New South Wales. But as oceans heat up, their range has expanded more than 650km, through eastern Victoria and south to Tasmania. Their numbers are exploding in the process, clear-felling kelp forests and leaving “urchin barrens” behind.

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Six luxury lodges to discover in Western Australia

From desert camps to beach retreats, explore luxury lodges to rest and recharge in the sun-kissed region

Inverse

'Star Ocean Second Story R' Starting Guide: Should You Pick Claude or Rena?

'Star Ocean The Second Story R' has two protagonists with different story elements. We'll help you decide which to pick.

Inverse

NASA's Juno Spots Ingredients for Life on Jupiter’s Largest Moon

The seawater residue found on Ganymede contain types of salt and possibly organic compounds called aldehydes, a precursor to the building blocks of life.

The Conversation

A monster eddy current is spinning into existence off the coast of Sydney. Will it bring a new marine heatwave?

Right now, there’s something big spinning off the coast from Sydney – a giant rotating vortex of sea water, powerful enough to dominate the ocean currents off south-eastern Australia.

Tom’s Hardware

Del Complex Proposes Floating AI Data Centers in the Ocean to Flout US Sanctions

Del Complex seems to take the concept of company town several miles further — straight toward international waters and the promise of AI clusters with national sovereignty. In a world of geopolitical tension floating in the concepts of AI, AGI, and BCI, this idea is enough to turn heads.

LiveScience

Watch this monstrous 'sea devil' goosefish walk along the bottom of the ocean off the Galapagos Islands

Footage filmed 1,225 feet beneath the ocean surface shows a goosefish strolling along the seafloor before turning its bulbous head and bulging eyes straight at the camera.

LiveScience

Pristine coral reefs discovered near Galápagos Islands are thousands of years old and teeming with life

Scientists on a 30-day expedition off the coast of Ecuador have mapped two coral reefs and two seamounts more than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface.

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