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Despite global warming, the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is still cooling thanks to a centuries-old cold spell.
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The famed aviator is thought to have sent several dozen distress calls while stranded on a remote Pacific island.
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French long distance swimmer Ben Lecomte has set off in a bid to become the first person ever to swim the Pacific.
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Scientists have identified a 500-mile-long ocean corridor used by large numbers of sharks and other animals.
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The out-of-control space station has finally come down in the Pacific Ocean after months of uncertainty.
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The World War II-era vessel went down in 1942 after being hit by Japanese torpedoes in the Pacific.
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Researchers have determined that the giant Pacific octopus is not one, but two genetically distinct species.
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Built on an island in the middle of the Pacific, this mysterious ancient city remains a modern-day enigma.
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The forensic animals will be used to help sniff out the aviator's final resting place on Nikumaroro.
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Scientists at NASA have been drawing up plans for the demolition of the International Space Station.
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Marine biologists have recorded footage of a remarkable jellyfish in the depths of the South Pacific.
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Despite being almost entirely submerged by the sea, Zealandia could soon be recognized as a continent.
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An enigmatic species of shark found in the Pacific has been captured on film off the coast of California.
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The bones of a castaway found on a Pacific island in the 1940s could be those of the famed aviator.
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A previously undiscovered species of monitor lizard has been found on the Pacific island of Mussau.
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Scientists have discovered a strange new species of fish living 8,143 meters below the ocean's surface.
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Two pilots reported seeing a strange but beautiful underwater light show while flying near Kamchatka.
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A fisheries officer claims to have witnessed a large bipedal creature on the Canadian shoreline.
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Academics have cast doubt on the idea that the inhabitants used up all the island's natural resources.