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This Happened — May 28: Golden Gate Bridge’s Grand Debut

Updated May 28, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. The Golden Gate Bridge was inaugurated on this day in 1937. Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge began on January 5, 1933, taking a total of four years and three months. Where is the Golden Gate Bridge located? The Golden Gate Bridge is located in San Francisco, California, […]

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How South American Oceans Can Sway The U.S.-China Showdown

As global rivalries and over-fishing impact the seas around South America, countries there must find a common strategy to protect their maritime backyards.

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Society

Why Alaskan Pollock Might Not Actually Be From Alaska

Germany’s favorite fish isn’t always caught off the Alaskan coast. U.S. fishermen want transparency for consumers. But such a move could upend the fishing industry.

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Hawksbill Turtles Thought Extinct Now Back On Colombia’s Beaches

Six years ago, people thought the endangered hawksbill sea turtle had become extinct in one of its habitats, the American Pacific coast. But, as it turns out, they haven’t quite yet. After several were spotted months back in Colombia’s Gorgona national park, Colombian investigators and collaborators from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) began searching for […]

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Eyes on the U.S. Future

Lionfish, A Predator On The Menu

The only way to eradicate the destructive lionfish, non-native to the Atlantic Ocean and now endangering prey species along the U.S. coast, may be to eat it. But mind the venom.

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Society

Paradise Lost – How Tahiti Is Turning Into An Open Garbage Dump

TUBUAI – For the past 30 years, local residents from the Austral Islands have been dumping their garbage just a few kilometers from the Tubuai airport, in the swamps. “When the hole starts to overflow, we pack it with machines, we fill the hole and dig a new one,” explains Therese, who owns a bed […]

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Unfurl The Mystery Of Tahiti’s Fragrant Monoi Road

PAPEETE – Regardless of what geographers might say, there is a certain proximity between Tahiti and Iceland… The lush green rock dropped in the middle of the southeast Pacific Ocean might be a hundred times smaller than the chunk of windswept ice in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, but insularity is not about surface or latitude. […]

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7.3 M Quake Strikes Off Japan Coast, Triggering Tsunami

JAPAN TIMES, NHK (Japan), CNN (USA), BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch TOKYO – A powerful earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday evening, triggering a tsunami, reports CNN. The epicentre of the 7.3 magnitude quake was about 245km (150 miles) south-east of Kamiashi at a depth of about 36 kilometers. There have been […]

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