Deep-Sea Volcano Erupts 4,000ft Under The Pacific (Video)
Sophie Tedmanson reports for the Times: Scientists have filmed a volcanic eruption 4,000ft (1,220m) under the sea causing molten lava to flow across the deep ocean floor. The incredible footage,...
View ArticleAre There Really ‘Continents’ of Floating Garbage?
Map of the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone (STCZ) within the North Pacific Gyre. Also the location of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Source: NOAA From Daily Galaxy [Disinfo editor's note:...
View ArticlePeople Eat Fish That Eat Fish That Eat Plastic
Why don’t we just start eating fish made out of plastic? Simplify the food chain. Eric S. Page writes on NBC San Diego: Scientists exploring the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have made another disturbing...
View ArticleMonster Tsunami Scares Residents Across Pacific
The massive 8.9 earthquake off the coast of Japan has created a monster tsunami that has people all across the Pacific Ocean running to high ground. The U.S. Government’s NOAA has lots of interactive...
View ArticleJapanese Engineers Plug Fukushima Leak
Photo: DigitalGlobe-Imagery This sounds familiar, did they get advice from BP? The Guardian reports: Engineers battling to contain the crisis at Japan‘s Fukushima nuclear power plant appeared to have...
View ArticleHere Comes the Toxic Fukushima Debris!
Will Godzilla save the U.S. West Coast from Hedorah? Via ScienceDaily: The first anniversary is approaching of the March, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan, and later this...
View ArticleThe Ocean Is Broken
Australia’s Newcastle Herald describes the sorry tale of Ivan Macfadyen’s adventures in the polluted Pacific Ocean. Here’s a particularly depressing excerpt: “After we left Japan, it felt as if the...
View ArticleWhat Caused The Red Glow Over the Pacific?
What do you think caused it? via Mysterious Universe: The pilot and co-pilot of a Boeing 747-8 flying from Hong Kong to Anchorage, Alaska, were passing near the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka when...
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