BEIJING/MANILA – Philippine and Chinese coastguards reported conflicting versions of a maritime confrontation around a contested shoal in the South China Sea, the latest row in a longstanding dispute between the two neighbours.
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The deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean can be found about 100 miles north of Puerto Rico, in a trench where two tectonic plates meet. This post discusses the Puerto Rico Trench’s unique geology and efforts to map it.
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A solitary mangrove tree on the emerald tropical beach. Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep), Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean.
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A large wave caused a tourist boat to capsize off Egypt’s Red Sea coast, preliminary reports suggest, with rescue operations underway for at least 16 people missing.
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Mary Renault (pseudonym of Eileen Mary Challans) was a British lesbian writer best known for her widely read historical-fiction novels set in ancient Greece.
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Saint Rose Philippine Duchesne, a Sister of the Society of the Sacred Heart and French by birth, was an early missionary to the United States.
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This blog post highlights unusual maps found in the Geography and Map Division collections including a chart of port cities, a history of the Civil War, and a railroad organization chart.
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With the Caribbean Sea and part of the Bahama Islands chain as a backdrop, two STS-51 crewmembers, NASA astronauts James H. Newman (left), and Carl E. Walz, evaluated procedures and gear to be used on an Hubble Space Telescope (HST)-servicing mission.
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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend annual marine convention – The Japan Times – #News #Japan
The emperor and empress later moved to the city of Beppu and released young marbled flounder and red sea bream into the sea from the port of Beppu.
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According to Christopher Sharp of Liberation Times, new disclosures from Intelligence Community and Department of Defense (DoD) sources suggest the U.S. has conducted covert operations since World War II to recover Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) materials. Sources allege that the CIA, collaborating with the U.S. Navy and other agencies, has led missions to retrieve non-human materials from land, sea, and even foreign territories. These missions reportedly involve organizations such as the National Underwater Reconnaissance Office, and submergence vehicles provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, with recovered materials sent for analysis to defense contractors, including Lockheed Martin. Significant figures within the…
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Indonesia has long maintained a neutral foreign policy and refuses to take sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict or U.S.-China rivalry
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Celebrate Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day at the Library of Congress on Thursday, November 21st from 5pm to 8pm with Mapping Our World, a special Live! at the Library event diving into ocean mapping and exploration! This event will feature a collections display, interactive games and crafts, and a talk by Dr. Vicki Ferrini of Columbia University on the history of ocean mapping.
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View of Khumbu Glacier, Ama Dablam, Kangtega, Thamserku and other mountain peaks from the base of Mount Pumori. Sagarmatha Everest Zone of Nepal, Himalayas. 5,500 metres (18,000 ft) above sea level.
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Purple sea urchin (Sphaerechinus granularis), Garajau Marine Nature Reserve, Madeira, Portugal
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Across the globe unexplained, thunderous noises have been heard near coastlines, over land, and even in remote areas where human activity seems unlikely to be the cause. Depending on the region you’re located in, you might know them by a different name. In fact, some folks refer to them as “fog guns,” while the Japanese often refer to them as “uminari,” which translates to “cries from the sea.” Despite the modern technological advancements in tracking sounds and geological activities, skyquakes continue to baffle experts. What causes these enigmatic sounds, and why are they occurring with such regularity across different regions?…
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Greece recovered the bodies of four dead migrants and rescued 27 after their boat sank off the island of Kos in the southeastern Aegean Sea, the Greek coastguard said late on Tuesday.
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Katrina Kell is a fourth-generation descendant of sea captain James Donaldson Liddell. When she learned that her ancestor’s actions led to violence against the Gunditjmara people, she felt ashamed but refused to be ruled by guilt.
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It has also been assisting Manila in its missions to resupply the Philippine garrison at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, the agency’s Pacific area chief says.
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Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first canonized Filipino martyr, became a witness to the faith almost by accident. Fleeing a legal charge, he ended up with a group of Dominicans headed for Japan, where they were all arrested, tortured, and finally executed.
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This post walks you through the 285-day trip of Hawaii King Kalākaua as the first monarch to circumnavigate the globe in 1881, showing many of the routes and places he traveled or visited through maps and images at or near the time period.
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Canonized in 2009, Saint Jeanne Jugan had a history of helping the elderly and the poor. She founded the Little Sisters of the Poor to help her with her work, and by the time of her death the community numbered 2400 women.
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First reading from the Book of Exodus Ex 16:2-4, 12-15
The whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, “Would that we…
Apostle Saint James the Greater, brother of Saint John and one of the three who spent time with the Lord on significant occasions, was a fisherman called by Jesus to follow him. Most likely, he was the first to be martyred, and witness to the faith with his blood. He and Saint John were nicknamed “Sons of Thunder” by Jesus.
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A reading from the Book of Amos AM 3:1-8; 4:11-12
Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the Lord pronounces over you, over the whole family…
We celebrate two great saints today, Saints Peter and Paul. Saint Peter is often considered the Apostle to the Jews and Saint Paul to the Gentiles (based, most probably, on his extensive travels among the Gentiles). Together they witnessed to the budding of Christianity, and both laid down their lives for the faith.
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An insight into early 18th century trade in the East-Indies focusing on the English East Indies Company and the 1721-1723 trade voyage of the ship Townsend revealed through the maps of British cartographer Herman Moll.
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Present-day Island of Hawai’i coastal flood risk, with higher risk indicated in dark blue, was modeled to help the County of Hawai’i in their shoreline setback plan. Sea Surface Temperature Anomaly data from 2022 Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) indicate low temperatures in the East (red) to high in the West (orange). Inland, high probability locations of wetlands are shown in bright yellow and could aid in climate adaptation planning.
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from Banks Peninsula near Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this oblique photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan. The range resulted from the slow-motion collision of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates that began about 60 million years ago. Peaks rise to more than 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level in the northern portion of the mountain range, shown in this photograph.
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