THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH ? WHERE IS IT? WHAT IS IT? (THE SIZE OF TEXAS!)

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDU : GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. Marine debris is litter that ends up in oceans, seas, and other large bodies of water.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also known as the Pacific trash vortex, spans waters from the West Coast of North America to Japan. The patch is actually comprised of the Western Garbage Patch, located near Japan, and the Eastern Garbage Patch, located between the U.S. states of Hawai'i and California.

These areas of spinning debris are linked together by the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, located a few hundred kilometers north of Hawai'i. This convergence zone is where warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Arctic. The zone acts like a highway that moves debris from one patch to another....

Keep reading! Go to that link above! 

WORLD WAR II LOST SUBMARINE FOUND! RELATIVELY INTACT

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE : WWII SUBMARINE FOUND AFTER 80 YEARS 

Excerpt: The vessel is submerged under 3,000 feet of water in the South China Sea near Luzon, an island at the northern end of the Philippines. The USS Harder is sitting upright on the seafloor and is relatively intact, except for damage to its conning tower from the Japanese depth-charge that sank the submarine.

Check out the four-dimensional photogrammetry model photo!

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DNA PROVES OCTOPUS' ARE ALIEN CREATURES? DO THEY MEAN FROM ANOTHER PLANET OR WHAT?

OCTOPUS ORG : DNA PROVES OCTOPUSES ARE ALIEN CREATURES DNA 

This is a long interesting article. Here's a teaser:

Excerpt: Scientists recently sequenced the first genome in the Octopus Genome Project, a huge undertaking to map out the entire DNA structure of the complex cephalopod. What they found was simply incredible.

Researchers at the University of Chicago took on this project and chose the California two-spot octopus for their subject. Then, they learned that a group at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan was working to break down the genome as well. So the two combined forces, and together, unlocked many of the mysteries surrounding the octopus. The results were recently published in the science journal, Nature.

Octopuses have 33,000 genes, roughly 10,000 more than a human. This alone sets it apart from any other invertebrate in the world. They are also uncannily clever, with the ability to open jars, solve puzzles, and even use tools. It’s no wonder that some might think this creature is from another planet. In uncovering the sequence, scientists found that octopuses have a similar set of genes to those found in humans, that make up a neural network in their brains, which accounts for their quick ability to adapt and learn. We also share a large brain, closed circulatory system, and eyes with an iris, retina, and lens. All of these independently developed in another species vastly different from our own mammal origins. ...

JAPANESE SARDINES IN CALIFORNIA? NOAA FISHERIES REPORTS : LINK TO PODCAST

FISHERIES NOAA : PODCAST JAPANESE SARDINES IN CALIFORNIA

Excerpt: In 2022, Dr. Gary Longo detected Japanese sardines swimming in the eastern Pacific, off the coast of California. This was the first time they’d ever been seen here—their normal range is in the western Pacific from Korea to Russia, thousands and thousands of miles away. It was a shocking discovery. Sardines are incredibly important to the California current ecosystem and are a key forage fish across the globe.

On this episode of Dive In with NOAA Fisheries, we scratch at this mystery of Japanese sardine appearing in U.S. waters. How did they get here? What does it mean for the native Pacific sardine? Are they staying? (Spoiler alert: so far, yes.)

We hear from Dr. Longo, a research scientist at NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and one of the authors of a new study documenting this discovery. The authors suggest marine heatwaves that warmed the North Pacific over the last decade might have opened a corridor of favorable habitat, which the Japanese sardines followed across the ocean.

WIPEOUT : THE VENTURES IN JAPAN 1966

300 YEAR OLD MERMAID MUMMY IN JAPAN REVEALED TO BE A FAKE BY SCIENTISTS

ARKEONEWS - 300 YEAR OLD MERMAID MUMMY 

Explore this mystery!

Excerpt: In Japan, there is a legend that the 300 year old mummified mermaid will grant immortality to anyone who eats its flesh.  The mysterious object has been on display for four decades at the Enjuin Temple in Asakuchi.

The 12-inch creature was allegedly caught in the Pacific Ocean, off the Japanese island of Shikoku, between 1736 and 1741.

YOU MAY NEED TO TRAVEL TO JAPAN TO SEE THE BEST AQUARIUM IN THE WORLD

On the top of lists is the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.

Their tanks are large enough to house a Whale Shark and the have a Coral breeding program.

The web site is in Japanese and in English:  CHURAUMIT - OKINAWA AQUARIUM

SURF BAND THE VENTURES - ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

 
Recorded 250 albums... 

ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CIRCA 2008

FIVE MONTHS ADRIFT - TASHA and JENNIFER SURVIVED with DOGS, FOOD, WATER

YAHOO - ABC - WOMEN SURVIVE FIVE MONTHS AT SEA ADRIFT


EXCERPT:

But while well-fed and nourished, the experience was "very depressing and very helpless" said Appel who noted that "you do what you can and what you have, you have no other choice."

"You're alive, you're fed, you have water, the boys are happy and there's love, and there are different sunrises and sunsets every day," said Fuiava.

"And you're around for a reason, so you may as well use the time you have to do something beneficial," added Appel.

But both said there were "absolutely" days when they despaired they would never be found.

GIANT SQUID NEWS! DISCOVER CHANNEL!

On January 9th the breaking news was about a giant (very old)squid, said to be 9 or 10 feet in length, which was videoed.

NPR: FOOTAGE OF GIANT SQUID A REAL TEASER!

CROP CIRCLES UNDER THE SEA NEAR JAPAN? SCIENCE SAYS NO!

MYSTERY SOLVED?
"Ookata dubbed his new find the "mystery circle" and was shocked to find out that a single puffer fish, no more than a few inches long, had created the circles using just one fin. The tiny fish works tirelessly day and night to complete the design. While the circled sculpture is beautiful to look at, Ookata and his crew learned that the fish's creation maintained a dual purpose. Female fish are attracted to the ridges and valleys left in the sand, and they deposit their eggs in the center. The eggs are then shielded from the ocean currents, as the higher points of the sculpture create a barrier to protect them. The more ridges a sculpture contains, the more likely it will attract the females of the species."

COOL LINK ! CRYPTOMUNDO JAPANESE MERMAID LORE - WITH PICTURES

Swimming around the net today I wanted to learn more about MERMAIDS JAPANESE STYLE.

I found this site called CRYTOMUNDO...

"As a nation surrounded by the sea, it is perhaps no surprise that Japan too has its own long tradition of mermaids. These creatures are known to the Japanese as ningyo (人魚), literally “human fish,” as well as gyojin (魚人), “fish human,” and hangyo-jin, (半魚人）or “half-fish human.”

JAPAN STILL HUNTS WHALES and the INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION FAILS

JAPAN STILL HUNTS, as does ICELAND and NORWAY... and this breaking news story from Yahoo news explains....

By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer

"The breakdown put diplomatic efforts on ice for at least a year, raised the possibility that South Korea might join the whaling nations and raised questions about the global drive to prevent the extinction of the most endangered whale species."

ANGEL CAUGHT FISH

JELLYFISH SWARMING BEACHES A BIG WARNING SIGN - OH HO!

Wow! THE JELLYFISH ARE INVADING... can we take a warning?

JAPANESE WAVES - TRADITIONAL PRINT