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Airborne Microplastics Warm the Planet at About One-Sixth of Soot’s Effect

The study highlights large unknowns about how much plastic is in the air.

NOAA Forecasts El Niño Year as Tropical Pacific Warms Rapidly

Forecasters See El Niño Forming by Early Summer With Risk of a Very Strong Event

Mexico Warns of Busy 2026 Hurricane Season With Pacific Leading Risk

Body Recovered From Overturned U.S. Cargo Ship in Pacific Search

Coast Guard Confirms Overturned Cargo Ship Mariana as Search for Six Crew Intensifies

Supertyphoon Sinlaku Slams Tinian and Saipan as Category 4

Study Finds Nearly 1 in 5 Gray Whales Die After Entering San Francisco Bay

Super Typhoon Sinlaku Targets Northern Marianas as Guam Braces

Coast Guard Rescues Micronesia Family Adrift for a Week

Fiji Cruise Ship Grounds Near ‘Cast Away’ Island as Fuel Is Pumped Off to Protect Reef

Fiji Princess Grounds on Reef Near Monuriki as Crews Begin Pumping Fuel

Models Point to Possible Strong El Niño in 2026 as Scientists Urge Caution

Satellite Pinpoints Near-Trench Rupture in 2025 Kamchatka Tsunami

Deep 7.6 Earthquake Strikes Near Tonga’s Neiafu

El Niño Odds Rise for Late 2026, Backed by Subsurface Pacific Heat and Wind Shifts

US-Led Sea Dragon 2026 Brings Indo-Pacific Patrol Aircraft to Guam for Live-Sub ASW Training

U.S. Strikes Alleged Drug Boat in Eastern Pacific, Killing Three

Forecasters Raise El Niño Odds for 2026 as La Niña Fades

Elephant Seal ‘Panchito’ Reappears at Punta de Mita After Leaving Los Ayala