SAN JOSE, – Costa Rica’s government has withdrawn its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership , a major trans-Pacific trade pact, and dismissed its foreign trade minister, president Laura Fernandez said on Wednesday. Costa Rica drops bid to join Pacific trade pact, sacks trade minister Fernandez said the removal of … Read more
More than a dozen leaders will head to the Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday for a first-hand look at a once-vibrant ecosystem wiped out due to climate change. Leaders to visit Pacific atoll at frontline of climate change The getaway comes on the sidelines of the Pacific “pre-COP” gathering hosted by Fiji aimed … Read more
Pacific leaders will draw the world’s attention to life on the frontline of climate change on Monday as Fiji hosts ministers, negotiators and a handful of leaders for the so-called “pre-COP” gathering. Pacific nations take centre stage at ‘pre-COP’ climate summit The South Pacific is among the most vulnerable regions in the world to global … Read more
The US Air Force Thunderbirds were spotted flying over Huntington Beach, California, on Monday, ahead of the 2026 Pacific Airshow. The US Air Force Thunderbirds were spotted flying over Huntington Beach, California. (Representational Image/ AFP) Residents reported seeing at least seven to eight jets flying over the city Monday afternoon, with several people sharing photos … Read more
Yellow-bellied sea snake Representative image by Canva A yellow-bellied sea snake has washed ashore on an Orange County beach, marking the first reported appearance of the venomous species in California since 2018. The rare sighting took place at Crystal Cove, according to video footage cited by the Los Angeles Times. The snake’s return has drawn … Read more
Photo credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Two miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, in a world of near total darkness and crushing pressure, a remotely operated vehicle glided silently through the water. Its cameras were scanning the deep for the strange and the seldom-seen when something extraordinary … Read more
More than two kilometres beneath the surface of the Pacific, off the coast of Oregon, an active underwater volcano has been hiding one of the strangest landscapes ever mapped on the seafloor. Using robotic vehicles capable of withstanding crushing depths, scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have spent more than two decades surveying … Read more
A floating and rotating ‘garbage island’ of an estimated area of 1.6 million square kilometres lies between Hawaii and California, according to a scientific estimate published in 2018. The area of the island is said to be larger than Para and nearly three times the size of metropolitan France. What exists here is a plastic … Read more
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy destroyer with about 300 sailors aboard suffered a major breakdown in the Pacific Ocean last month that left it without power for four days, the Navy confirmed in a statement. US Navy destroyer with 300 sailors aboard broke down for four days in the Pacific The USS Benfold “reported an … Read more
Representative Image (AI-generated) A long-term shift in the tropical Pacific Ocean has played contrasting roles in wildfire activity on opposite sides of the world, amplifying fire-prone conditions in the southwestern United States while easing them in eastern Australia. According to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Pacific Ocean pattern increased drying-related … Read more