Pacific ocean News

President Obama continues pivot toward the Pacific

Brunei's Sultan, Hassanai Bolkiah, is shown on Tuesday meeting with Barack Obama at the White House. The President demonstrates his second-term pivot towards the Pacific is real. In October he will attend the ASEAN conference.

In the Media by Robert G Cope - 2 comments

Satellite Aquarius shows images of the world's saltiest seas

New research data released by NASA shows a map of ocean salinity changes that are tracked by satellite Aquarius. The project will last three years and this is the first year of data being published.

In the Media by Mark Rafferty - 4 comments

UPDATE 5:35 a.m.: Tsunami warning issued for South Pacific

A tsunami warning has been issued for areas in the south western portion of the Pacific Ocean after a magnitude 8 earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands.

In the Media by Greta McClain

Fisherman found alive after drifting in Pacific for 106 days

A Kiribati fisherman has been rescued after drifting in the Pacific Ocean for 106 days on a 45-foot wooden boat. The first thing he asked for as he was rescued was a "smoke."

In the Media by Katerina Nikolas - 7 comments

Photo Essay: Summer at Long Beach, Washington Special

Long Beach - While the rest of the United States shows temperatures in the 80s, 90s and 100s, the Pacific Northwest sports temps in the 60s. This, however, does not stop beachgoers at Washington's famed Long Beach.

Digital Journal Report by Matt Harding - 5 comments

Video: Great White shark circles fishing boat in Hawaii

Honolulu - A group of fisherman in Hawaii have an amazing story to tell after a day of fishing for marlin five miles off the coast of Yokohama Bay ended with a Great White shark circling their boat for nearly an hour looking for its next meal.

In the Media by Kim I. Hartman - 3 comments

Castaways found and rescued after spending 33 days at sea

Two men, who have been lost for the past 33 days at sea, have been rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. The two men, who live on the Pacific island of Kiribati, were found 300 miles north of their starting point, coming ashore on Namorik Atoll.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 2 comments

Photo Essay: Summer on the Pacific Ocean Special

The heat wave that is gripping most of the United States hasn't yet made its way to the northwest, including the Washington coast of the largest of all oceans: the Pacific.

Digital Journal Report by Matt Harding - 6 comments

Op-Ed: Excess Personal Wealth: Australia and Canada Second and Third?

The Pacific Basin – including China and Japan -- maintains a commanding presence among wealthy individuals/nations with Australia and Canada, following the United States, having the highest proportions of 'high-net-worth-individuals.'

In the Media by Robert G Cope - 2 comments

Daiichi’s radioactive leak plugged, plant operator reports

Tokyo - The Daiichi nuclear facility’s troublesome leak of radioactive water into the ocean has been stopped, announced by the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), on Wednesday.

In the Media by Lynn Herrmann

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