来自MSN1 个月
Art meets science: See the first detailed illustration of an ancient deep-sea mountain
Thinking about seamounts ... powerful currents in this region of the Pacific. We saw four distinct current systems on the seamount: a very strong west to east, a weaker west to east, a reverse ...
BBC1 年
Factors encouraging people to go West
The Pacific Railway Act was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. It provided government support for the building of first railroad to link the east and west coasts of the U.S.A. In order ...
National Geographic news1 年
Giant Pacific Octopus
They range throughout the temperate waters of the Pacific, from southern California to Alaska, west to the Aleutian Islands and Japan. Highly intelligent creatures, giant Pacific octopuses have ...
来自MSN9 个月
US at risk of devastating earthquake and tsunami from underwater fault
An underwater fault line in the Pacific could trigger a megaquake along the US west coast ... and feature oceanic faults and seamounts, pieces of the plate could be eroded and may limit the ...
Business Line18 天
Weak La Niña in equatorial Pacific likely to be short-lived, says World Meteorological ...
La Niña represents abnormal warming of West Pacific - of which South China Sea is a marginal sea - that lies close to South-East Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Warming of waters occasions ...
The Diplomat26 天
A Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest Pacific
China’s aggressive act is a shot across the bow to New Zealand and Australia, but also to the countries of the wider Pacific. It is a demonstration of China’s growing sea power in the ...