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South Pacific Earthquake Has 7.6 Magnitude

VIA HUFF POST South Pacific Earthquake Has 7.6 Magnitude 10/21/11 10:11 PM ET NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — A strong earthquake struck far off the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.6 quake struck at 5:57 a.m. (1757 GMT … Continue reading South Pacific Earthquake Has 7.6 Magnitude →

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Life on Rim: The Surf Along the Pacific Ring of Fire

This is some seriously scary sh*t and only iterates how fragile civilizations are… VIA – SANDIE GO READER Life on Rim: The Surf Along the Pacific Ring of Fire By Roody2shoes | Posted October 8, 2011, 9:42 a.m. We’ve all heard the jokes about California someday sliding into the sea. We all live in secret … Continue reading Life on Rim: The Surf Along the Pacific Ring of Fire →

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Outrage as Japan raises whale hunt budget by 54 per cent

VIA – TIMESLIVE Outrage as Japan raises whale hunt budget by 54 per cent Sapa-dpa | 07 October, 2011 13:34 Fishermen slaughter a 10m-long bottlenose whale at the Wada port in Minami-Boso city, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. File photo. Japan plans to increase its annual “whale research” budget in 2012, officials said Friday, in … Continue reading Outrage as Japan raises whale hunt budget by 54 per cent →

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Marshall Islands Creates World's Largest Shark Sanctuary

VIA – ENVIRONMENT NEWS SERVICE Marshall Islands Creates World’s Largest Shark Sanctuary MAJURO, Marshall Islands, October 7, 2011 (ENS) – The Republic of the Marshall Islands has established the world’s largest shark sanctuary. The Nitijela, the Marshallese parliament, unanimously passed legislation this week that ends commercial fishing of sharks in all 768,547 square miles (nearly … Continue reading Marshall Islands Creates World's Largest Shark Sanctuary →

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New Second Typhoon Nalgae Lashes Philippines

VIA – WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA NEWS OCTOBER 1, 2011, 1:02 A.M. ET New Typhoon Lashes Philippines Associated Press Photo: The Philippine Air Force provided this photo showing house and tree tops just above flood waters on Friday in Bulacan province, north of Manila. MANILA, Philippines—The second typhoon in a week battered the rain-soaked northern … Continue reading New Second Typhoon Nalgae Lashes Philippines →

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Say aaaaahhh! How world's biggest shark (thankfully) finds small fry like humans hard to swallow

Definitely want to swim with one of these before I die… VIA – DAILY MAIL “Things are getting ugly: The whale shark has an insatiable appetite for plankton – and the kind of face only its mother could love” Say aaaaahhh! How world’s biggest shark (thankfully) finds small fry like humans hard to swallow By … Continue reading Say aaaaahhh! How world's biggest shark (thankfully) finds small fry like humans hard to swallow →

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'Wrong' Shark Caught in Primorye

KILL ALL THE SHARKS…woops that one doesn’t attack people… VIA – MOSCOW TIMES ‘Wrong’ Shark Caught in Primorye 13 September 2011 The Moscow Times Shark hunters in the Far East reported nabbing the beast behind a string of attacks in the region last month, RIA-Novosti said Monday. But scientists said the captured 2.5-meter-long shark is … Continue reading 'Wrong' Shark Caught in Primorye →