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Pacific Ocean

China's 'friendship' in the Pacific draws thanks and suspicions

18 Feb 2013

Part-way between Guam and Hawaii, Beijing is not laying claim to sovereignty over Pohnpei island but is aiming to win new friends in the government.

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Japanese scientists film deep-sea giant squid

8 Jan 2013

Scientists and broadcasters said yesterday they have captured footage of an elusive giant squid roaming the depths of the Pacific Ocean, showing it in its natural habitat for the first time.

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Short Science, January 6, 2013

6 Jan 2013

The frequency and volatility of El Nino, a weather pattern that hammers the tropical Pacific Ocean every five years or so, does not seem linked to climate change, US research shows.

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Nautilus Minerals drops underwater goldmine plans

3 Jan 2013

A London-listed company's plans to create the world's first underwater goldmine on the Pacific seabed have hit the rocks. Nautilus Minerals' problems come as China and Russia's duel for riches at...

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Greenpeace films Asian 'laundering' of tuna

16 Nov 2012

Fishing vessels registered in the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia have been filmed "laundering" illegally caught tuna, environment activist group Greenpeace International said yesterday.

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Vicente strikes HK

25 Jul 2012

Typhoon Vicente was the second storm to shut down the city this year. It was strong enough for the Observatory to issue the No 10 hurricane signal for almost three hours early yesterday morning....

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Opinion

China keeping its edge despite grim talk

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Howard Winn

If StanChart doesn't want us, why keep inviting us?

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Pylons bolstered to cope with super typhoons

The city's ageing electricity pylons will not withstand super typhoons that are increasingly likely to strike the city amid climate change, according to CLP, which yesterday briefed the media on...

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Container firms cut Pacific routes as fuel costs rise

Higher fuel costs, increased competition and lower revenues have taken their toll on niche container shipping companies operating transpacific services between Asia and North America.

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Fuel project to curb plastic attack on seas

With rapid development and a growing appetite for plastic, Asia is on track to become a major contributor to the vortexes of rubbish in the world's oceans, a marine conservation...

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G.E.M. shows her sparkle

Given Name: (Gloria) Tang Shi-wing
Born: Shanghai, China
Age: 19
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Chinese Zodiac: Sheep

Project Kaisei: A non-profit organisation that...

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Support the war on floating waste

The Plastic Vortex is one of the great man-made environmental disasters, yet no one knew about it until 1997. Plastic waste, carried and trapped by currents in the North Pacific Ocean,...

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Wanted: environmentally conscious students prepared to dive into the vortex

Local students can compete for a place on the world's first expedition testing how to clean up a floating patch of plastic waste more than 1,000 times bigger than Hong Kong.

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