Pacific articles
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How Western food imports are fuelling obesity in Pacific nations
As dwindling crops and inflation make healthy options less affordable, islanders are turning to cheap ultra-processed foods
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Southern Pacific could never stick with one paint scheme
Southern Pacific In 2024, with few exceptions, we have seen the Class I railroads settle down on basic locomotive color schemes. BNSF, for example, moved from orange and green (H1) to orange and black with the introduction of the H4 paint scheme in March 2005. Union Pacific will always have Armour Yellow. But Southern Pacific []Read More
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Atmospheric 'teleconnections' sustain warm blobs in the northeast Pacific Ocean
The past 10 years have seen a series of "warm blobs" in the northeast Pacific Ocean. These marine heat waves do widespread damage to ecosystems and marine life in the area, but the mechanisms by which they develop and are sustained are still uncertain. Now a research group has found that they are caused by climate "teleconnections" from wave trains that originate in the Mediterranean Sea and North Atlantic region.