Pacific Ocean
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This year’s global hurricane boom could go into overdrive
The National Weather Service says there is a 70 percent chance that El Niño will juice this year's storm season.
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A building El Niño in 2018 signals more extreme weather for 2019
If the Pacific Ocean-warming effect does take place, expect next year to be the hottest ever recorded.
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From sea lions to penguin chicks, adorable animals are dying in droves
"Mass mortality events" are already a thing, and climate change is only going to make them worse. Grab some tissues.
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Pacific Garbage Patch has gotten 100 times worse in 40 years
Since the 1970s, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an area of the ocean clotted with plastic microparticles -- has grown 100-fold. And this is very bad news, not only because of the creatures it harms but because of the ones it helps.
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Western Pacific nations create the world's largest shark sanctuary
If you never quite believed your parents when they told you big, scary animals have more to fear from us than we do from them, consider this, via The New York Times' Joanna Foster: Sharks kill two or three people every year. People kill 73 million sharks in the same time period.
To protect these sharp-toothed scapegoats, Micronesian chief executives have decided to create a shark preserve of 2 million square miles in the western Pacific -- the largest shark sanctuary in the world.
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La Nina forecast should warm the hearts of skiers and snowboarders alike [VIDEO]
The La Nina winter forecast in the Pacific Northwest has ski resort owners smiling. Heidi Cullen explains why, and gives us the latest temp analysis.
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What La Nina means for winter weather [VIDEO]
The cooler ocean temperatures of La Nina this year could have a significant effect on our winter weather. Learn more in this Climate Central video.
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Follow the epic life cycle of this majestic creature — the plastic bag [VIDEO]
Two things close to my heart -- the epic nature documentary and the wry mockumentary -- come together in this masterful mating display chronicling the circle of life for a "disposable" plastic bag. Watch the awe-inspiring footage captured of this persistent creature.
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Recycled Island: De-junk the ocean with this trashy idea
Land ho! Or is it? WHIM architecture has a new proposal that's anything but garbage: They want to create a habitable, floating island in the Pacific made from the mounds of plastic waste already swirling around the Pacific Ocean's currents.