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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Hank tells us about the enormous concentrations of plastic debris floating around in the Pacific Ocean, why they're there and why they're a problem.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: How did Polynesian wayfinders navigate the Pacific Ocean? - Alan Tamayose and Shantell De Silva
Imagine setting sail from Hawaii in a canoe. Your target is a small island thousands of kilometers away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean - a body of water that covers more than 160 million square kilometers. For thousands of years,...
Ancient Lights Media
Atlas of the United States: The Pacific Region
This program explores the geography, history, and some important cultural features of the Pacific Region of the United States. The individual states of California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii are presented in detail.
Next Animation Studio
Ocean Cleanup device redeployed to trap plastic in Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A floating device designed to trap plastic trash in the ocean has been upgraded in a second attempt to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Next Animation Studio
Man abandons plans to swim across the Pacific Ocean
A French-American swimming to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans, has abandoned plans to swim across the Pacific Ocean after the mainsail of his support ship was damaged.
The March of Time
1953: HAWAII: TU WS 'Headquarters, Commander in Chief, Pacific & US Pacific Fleet' sign, Admiral Arthur W. Radford (1896-1973) sitting at desk, SOT saying important military base, west coast defenses, finest harbor, mild climate for training.
MOT 1953: HAWAII: TU WS 'Headquarters, Commander in Chief, Pacific & US Pacific Fleet' sign, Admiral Arthur W. Radford (1896-1973) sitting at desk, SOT saying important military base, west coast defenses, finest harbor, mild climate for...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
This Month in History. May: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
This Month in History. May: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week is celebrated; first Japanese immigrant arrives in the US; transcontinental railroad completed
Natural Variation Film
Exploring the eastern Pacific Ocean in search of common, bottlenose and Pacific white-sided dolphins along the gray whale migratory route between Alaska and Baja, Mexico.
An orange sky is seen above the softly rippling waters of the Pacific Ocean. Track left over a pod of surfing dolphins. Seen from the front of a boat a pod of dolphins suft at speed through the water. A whale blows a short spray of water...
Curated Video
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Britain Applies to a New Trading Group - TLDR News
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade grouping of 11 nations all of whom are based around the Pacific Ocean (as the name suggests). Their new prospective member, Britain, seems undeterred by geography & is looking to join the club. In...
Next Animation Studio
Marine drone would tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The marine drone is an autonomous electric vehicle that collects plastic waste. The project, designed by industrial design student Elie Ahovi, could be used to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ahovi designed the marine drone after...
Science360
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch explained
In light of the sheer physical enormity of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the complexity of its causes, what can we possibility do about it? Perhaps help protect some vulnerable populations of wildlife from marine garbage in coastal...
Next Animation Studio
Area of Great Pacific Garbage Patch 16 times larger than previously estimated
A new study suggests the Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be 16 times larger than previous estimates. The results of a three-year study beginning in 2015, commissioned by the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, were published in the journal...
Curated Video
NASA | Scientists Link Faraway Fires To High Ozone Levels In Pacific
NASA-funded scientists have traced the origins of mysterious pockets of high ozone concentrations and low water vapor in the air above the western Pacific Ocean near Guam to fires burning in Southeast Asia and in Africa, half a world...
Next Animation Studio
U.S. holds large-scale trilateral naval exercise in the Indo-Pacific
The U.S. is conducting a large-scale exercise in the Indo-Pacific region.
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Understanding Climate Patterns in the Pacific Ocean
This video provides an introduction to El Nino and La Nina, two climate patterns in the Pacific Ocean. It explains how these patterns occur, their impacts on global weather patterns, and discusses whether 2021 and 2022 are El Nino or La...
Next Animation Studio
Ocean Cleanup Project heads for Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Ocean Cleanup Project’s largest system returned to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch last week, hoping to gather some of the 1.6 million square kilometers or 617,000 square miles of plastic that has accumulated there, according to New...
Next Animation Studio
RCEP: 15 Asia-Pacific countries sign world’s largest trade deal
China has signed the world’s largest trade deal, one that excludes the U.S., with 14 other economies in the Asia-Pacific region
Next Animation Studio
Giant plastics collector about to set sail for Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Ocean Cleanup is building a giant plastic-scooping system in Alameda, California and plans to set sail as early as this summer to begin cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The March of Time
1941: PEARL HARBOR: Iconic, Smoke billowing around sunk, burning USS Arizona (BB-39) battleship, December 7. MS 'Commander in Chief US Pacific Fleet...Flag Lieutenant' sign. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz w/ magnifying glass, looking at maps w/ others
MOT 1941: PEARL HARBOR: Iconic, Smoke billowing around sunk, burning USS Arizona (BB-39) battleship, December 7. MS 'Commander in Chief US Pacific Fleet...Flag Lieutenant' sign. Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz w/ magnifying glass, looking...
The March of Time
1940s: UNITED STATES NAVY PORT: INT VS Large wooden cargo being moved by crane in U.S. Navy port warehouse, storage, men stenciling destinations code names onto crates, 'Cactus, Cheekstrap, Jerk.' WWII, World War II, Pacific Front, islands, yard
MOT 1940s: UNITED STATES NAVY PORT: INT VS Large wooden cargo being moved by crane in U.S. Navy port warehouse, storage, men stenciling destinations code names onto crates, 'Cactus, Cheekstrap, Jerk.' WWII, World War II, Pacific Front,...
The March of Time
1942: UNITED STATES ARMY: VS Various U.S. Army soldiers carrying & loading luggage onto train, boarding train for departure. WWII, World War II, mobilizing, Pacific Front
MOT 1942: UNITED STATES ARMY: VS Various U.S. Army soldiers carrying & loading luggage onto train, boarding train for departure. WWII, World War II, mobilizing, Pacific Front
The March of Time
1943: PACIFIC THEATER
MOT 1943: PACIFIC THEATER: NEW GEORGIA: HA WS Munda point airfield w/ US Aircraft, CU Consolidated B-24 'Liberator' heavy bomber taxiing through frame. MS Bomb w/ 'Compliments of 13th AAF', soldiers backing bombs up to 'Mary Marie',...
Next Animation Studio
SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down in Pacific
The first commercial space mission has made a successful return to Earth, splashing down in the Pacific off the coast of California. SpaceX's dragon capsule lifted off from Earth on May 22 before docking with the International Space...
The March of Time
1952: CRUSADE IN THE PACIFIC COMMENTARY: VS Westbrook Van Voorhis ('The Voice of Time', 1903-1968) at desk w/ others talking about achieving peace in Asia. SOT, Kentaro Buma, Mr. Pesik, Mirza Muzaffar Shikoh, M.S. Dave
MOT 1952: CRUSADE IN THE PACIFIC COMMENTARY: VS Westbrook Van Voorhis ('The Voice of Time', 1903-1968) at desk w/ others talking about achieving peace in Asia. SOT, Kentaro Buma, Mr. Pesik, Mirza Muzaffar Shikoh, M.S. Dave
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