Tag: Pacific Ocean
Gray whales are dying in San Francisco Bay at an alarming...
Josie Slaathaug, Sonoma State University and Daniel Crocker, Sonoma State University
At least six gray whales have died in...
How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy
Rebecca Vega Thurber, University of California, Santa Barbara
Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple...
Hurricane Hilary triggers Southern California’s first tropical storm warning ever, with...
Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa
Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico’s Baja peninsula and was forecast to speed into Southern...
El Niño is back – that’s good news or bad news,...
Bob Leamon, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
El Niño is officially here, and while it’s still weak right now,...
What causes a tsunami? An ocean scientist explains the physics of...
Sally Warner, Brandeis University
On Jan. 15, 2022, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in Tonga erupted, sending a tsunami...
California’s latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil...
Charles Lester, University of California Santa Barbara
An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands...
Move over, corn and soybeans: The next biofuel source could be...
Diane Kim, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; Ignacio Navarrete, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Jessica...
The world’s ocean is bearing the brunt of a changing climate....
Wes Mountain, The Conversation
Oceans 21 is a Conversation international series examining the history and future of the world’s ocean.
Five profiles open our series on...
EXPLORING NATURE
Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...
Andras Molnar, University of Michigan
Two new experiments show that most people do not even consider that a personal...
