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The ocean citizen science being carried out on yachts
Yachting World
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August 13, 2025
Liveaboard cruisers Larissa Clark and Duncan Copeland on how sailors can get involved with ocean conservation and citizen science projects There is a fierce and surprisingly passionate debate unfolding on the deck of Freeranger, our 50ft Beneteau....
Scientists baffled as new 'stone head' statue mysteriously appears on Easter Island: 'This is a first'
Daily Mail
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August 11, 2025
A new statue has emerged from the dirt of a recently dried-up lakebed on Easter Island, baffling scientists who said it should not be there. Easter Island is considered a mystery due to its 1,000 large stone heads, known as moai, which are 700 to...
French scientists map plankton, the ocean’s mysterious oxygen factories
Modern Ghana
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French scientists are mapping plankton across the Indo-Pacific – using Navy ships to study the microscopic organisms that produce half of Earth's oxygen, feed the ocean and help regulate the planet's carbon. The eight-year mission is charting life...
Pacific Islands race to contain 'largest dengue fever outbreak in a decade'
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 13, 2025
When all four of Taloa Lam Shong's children were struck down with dengue fever in Samoa, she was on high alert. "I was scared and worried, knowing dengue fever had claimed children's lives," she said. Nearly 8,000 people have been diagnosed with...
Sailboat carrying US $381M in drugs from Mexico intercepted in French Polynesia
Mexico News Daily
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August 4, 2025
France announced over the weekend that officers in French Polynesia made a historic drug bust, seizing approximately US $381 million worth of cocaine and methamphetamine found on a sailing vessel. The sailboat was en route to Australia from...
Boy, seven, has part of leg ripped off after being attacked by a shark while swimming with friends in French Polynesia
Daily Mail
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July 28, 2025
By TOM MIDLANE Published: 20:06 EDT, 27 July 2025 | Updated: 20:13 EDT, 27 July 2025 A seven-year-old boy had part of his leg ripped off by a shark while swimming off the coast of French Polynesia. The child was one of around 10 friends playing in...
Holidaymakers urged to make a vital check with their GP before jetting off
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
British travellers are being warned to double-check their vaccinations are in order at least six weeks before jetting off on holiday. According to the NHS, holidaymakers are advised to make an appointment with their GP or at a private travel...
The ultimate guide to Paul Gauguin Cruises, the French Polynesia cruise specialist
The Points Guy
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July 23, 2025
Is a trip to the South Pacific on your bucket list? A voyage with Paul Gauguin Cruises might be the answer. The tiny cruise brand, which only operates one ship, is the longtime leader in sailings to the best-known islands of the South Pacific —...
ATOBA Energy and Air Moana Forge Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Sustainable Aviation Fuel Deployment in French Polynesia
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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LYON, France & PAPEETE, French Polynesia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 22, 2025-- ATOBA Energy and Air Moana have signed an agreement to implement scalable solutions for the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). This strategic collaboration aims to...
After two-year Darwin-inspired voyage, young scientists return with climate warning and hope
Malay Mail
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August 2, 2025
ROTTERDAM, Aug 2 — After a two-year around-the-world ocean voyage inspired by Charles Darwin, scientists and crew sailed home on a historic vessel into Rotterdam yesterday bearing a warning about climate change—but also a message of hope. The...
Slog AM: 8.8 Earthquake Rattles the Pacific Ocean, Columbia City Funeral Home Damaged by Fire, the Pacific Science Center's Mechanical Dinosaurs Get the Boot
The Stranger - Washington State
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July 30, 2025
At around 3 pm our time on Monday, one of the most powerful earthquakes on record hit the Kamchatka Peninsula, a remote region of Russia that has a population of 290,000. The people there surely felt it, but no one, according to recent reports,...
Will there be bigger Earthquake, Tsunami in August after Wednesday 8.8 magnitude quake? Scientists reveal big threat
The Economic Times
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July 30, 2025
Wednesday's 8.8 magnitude quake off Russia that triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific is likely to herald a new danger. With its epicentre near the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, it was the biggest earthquake since the devastating...
A High-Level Panel of Scientists to Review Deadly Threats from Nuclear Weapons
Inter Press Service
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July 28, 2025
Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations A nuclear test that was carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. Credit:...
‘Mini retirement’: These tech professionals in their 20s took a career break to sail across the Pacific
CNN
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July 25, 2025
(CNN) — The 50-foot sailboat bashed against huge Pacific waves as it beat a course upwind. The few cruise ships that were visible on the horizon soon disappeared, and seasickness set in, leaving a few among the crew doubled over with each crest...
How superyachts are being used to advance ocean research
The National News
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You may have heard of a coelacanth. It is a prehistoric-looking, deep-water fish, rarely seen unless washed up dead on shore. Earlier this year, a scientific expedition off Indonesia dived to depths of 150 metres and beyond to study it in its...
The surprising dining trend that cruise lines are racing to embrace
AOL
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Courtesy of Winstar Cruises Windstar Cruises has a wide range of vegetarian and vegan options.In February 2025, Windstar Cruises’ Star Breeze set off on a seven-night sailing from Papeete, Tahiti, bound for five islands in French Polynesia,...
Moratorium on Nuclear Test Detonations is Hanging by a Slender Thread in these Troubled Times
Inter Press Service
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August 7, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations Opinion A nuclear test is carried out on an island in French Polynesia in 1971. Credit:...
6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Russia's Kuril Islands Days After Powerful 8.8 Kamchatka Jolt
ABP Live
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August 9, 2025
Russia was rattled by another earthquake on Saturday after a 6.1 magnitude tremor struck the Kuril Islands region, just days after a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook the country. The tremor occurred at 19:33:54 IST at a depth of 10 km, with...
How a gecko species defied extinction on a Galápagos island
Mongabay
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August 8, 2025
Mares’s leaf-toed gecko has been rediscovered on Rábida Island in the Galápagos after being thought extinct for more than a century, with only ancient bones as previous evidence of its existence. Invasive brown rats introduced by ships in the 17th...
80 Years After the Bomb, How Much Longer Will Our Luck Last?
The Diplomat
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August 5, 2025
Eighty years ago this week, when U.S. President Harry Truman announced the first use of an atomic bomb, he called it “the greatest achievement of organized science in history.” Truman warned that more powerful bombs were in development and that...