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• in Sports
  First Woman To Row The Pacific Ocean Solo
  Roz Savage has become the first woman to row across the Pacific Ocean solo.
  by waterhound / on Jun 5, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “pacific ocean”

 

• Xanthic Eibl’s Angelfish is a cleverly disguised impostor of the stunning Tigerpyge hybrid.

  
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  A stunning full grown xanthic Eibls Angelfish. This specimen looks remarkably like a Tigerpyge hybrid. Crosses between Centropyge flavissima and Centropyge eibli  so spectacular and are simply one of the most beautifully created natural hybrids that a nickname has been coined just for them – Tigerpyge. The ...
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• The Golden Gate Bridge Turns 75

  
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  Possibly the most photogenic tourist attraction on earth! I moved to San Francisco 25 years ago, just after the city celebrated the 50 th birthday of the Golden Gate Bridge . Among my new SF friends was Barbara Fichtel, who’d been born on the exact same day as that bridge. She and her husband Richard helped ...
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• Natural Seep or Anthropogenic Oil?

  
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  Sustained, natural oil seepage from the seafloor is common off southern California , and is of great interest to resource managers, who are tasked with distinguishing natural from anthropogenic oil sources. The major purpose of this study was [...] enable differentiation of the highly similar Monterey Formation oils ...
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• The New Kamikaze, Much Deadlier Than Ever Before

  
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  The term Kamikaze refers to a “Divine Wind” cyclone that sent thousands of Mongolian invasion boats to the bottom of the sea, saving Japan from an assured defeat at the hands of the Khans. The Japanese later revived the term for suicide pilots that flew into Allied ships during World War II. While they weren’t ...
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• Observatory: Deep-Sea Microbes That Barely Breathe

  
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• Four Tons on Marijuana Worth $4 Million Found Floating Off Dana Point, California

  
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  A local boater first spotted the bales floating 15 miles offshore near Point Dana, California.  When law enforcement went out to investigate, they found between 160-180 bales of marijuana (depending on the news report), weighing close to four tons and worth around $4 million dollars, bobbing in the Pacific ...
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• Century’s second Venus transit on June 6

  
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  Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) In a rare celestial occurrence, Venus - the second planet from the Sun and the Earth’s neighbour - will transit across the solar disc early June 6.The transits of Venus occur in pairs (within eight years) with more than a century separating each pair, according to an M.P. Birla [...]
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• Pacific Salmon: challenges that contribute to a decades-long decline

  
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  Along the northern shores of the eastern Pacific Ocean from Northern California all the way across the Bering Straits to Russia, salmon has been a major commercial fish; one of the reliable commodities in supermarkets whether farmed-raised or wild-caught.  And much has been done to try to maintain supply with the ...
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• Quick update on Sarah Outen

  
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  Sarah Outen has had an eventful first week out on the Pacific Ocean including a capsize. She’s had strong winds, heavy rain and large waves to contend with, but despite that is making impressive progress. She hasn’t been all alone out there either. She’s had whales, sharks and a favourite of hers, the ...
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• Troubled Freighter Drifts Toward Great Barrier Reef

  
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  A broken-down cargo ship was drifting towards Australias Great Barrier Reef Saturday, with fears of major damage if it were to run aground at the World Heritage-listed site.
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• Tiny Deep-Sea Life Eats Dinosaur-Era Meals

  
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  Deep ocean microorganisms are subsisting on nutrients first laid down when dinosaurs still walked the Earth.
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• Don’t Look! Amazing “Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Sunday

  
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  An annular solar eclipse, which is also known as “The Ring of Fire”, will be happening this Sunday, May 20, 2012. This annular eclipse got the “Ring of Fire” nickname, because the moon completely blocks out the sun except for … Continue reading →
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• Annular Solar Eclipse 2012 – data and images

  
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  I’ve been asked to provide some information on the upcoming eclipse Sunday, so here it is. I’ll actually miss the first part of the Heartland conference (Sunday night and Monday) due to the promise to my children we’d see this … Continue reading →
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• Spectacular Rescue Of Drowning Horse

  
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  LOS ANGELES - A horse that got spooked during a movie shooting at the California coast ran into the ocean and swam 1.6 miles away from shore. The seven year old white Arabian horse named William, >> Full story
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• WTO Panel Rules Against Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling

  
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  On Wednesday the World Trade Organization ruled against the sale of cans of tuna labeled “dolphin safe ,” arguing that the practice discriminates against Mexican fishermen and that the United States’ definition of “dolphin safe” tuna unfairly restricts trade. The WTO decision threatens a business practice ...
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• Side Effects: The Ray and the Coconut: Tracing Life on Palmyra Atoll

  
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• Two Navy Ships Collide Off Coast Of California

  
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  Two Navy ships were damaged on Wednesday when they collided nearly 120 miles off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean. Navy officials report  that there were no fuel spills or injuries aboard the amphibious assault vehicle USS Essex or the USNS Yukon oiler. The Yukon oiler was run into by the USS Essex as ...
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• Crews assessing damage on US Navy assault ship and refueling tanker that collided in ocean

  
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  Crews assessed damage on a U.S. Navy assault ship and a refueling tanker that collided in the Pacific Ocean off California, after the steering apparently went out on one of the vessels, the military said. The Wednesday morning accident between the amphibious assault vessel USS Essex and the oiler USNS ...
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• A stag beetle reviews the Australian cricket team

  
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  G’day mate!  Hehe, I love that Ozzie accent.  Let’s slap another shrimp on the barbie!  Oh man, I just couldn’t resist it that time.  Them Ozzers are just mad.  So lively.  So loud.  So utterly and compellingly racist.  I guess that’s what happens when you are stuck down there on a crappy island in the ...
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• Why Does Magellan Get The Honour of Having Completed The Longest Voyage by a European Explorer?

  
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              The longest voyage made by any European explorer during the age of exploration lasted for about 99 days, and was made by Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan discovered the Strait of Magellan which links the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. His fleet crossed the strait, and headed across the Pacific ...
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