Save the Ocean Life and Save Earth

What a North Korea Hydrogen Bomb would do to the Pacific Ocean and Space Stations Science   Sep 30, 2017 9:38 AM EDT By —  Nsikan Akpan Last week, North Korea’s foreign minister floated the prospect of  testing a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean  in response to President Donald Trump’s threat of “total destruction” of the Asian nation in a speech to the United Nations. Such a test, whether in the open air or underwater, would be the first of its kind in almost four decades. But even before a hydrogen bomb test could trigger the fallout of international war, the blast would cause immediate damage to marine life and space technology like satellites and space stations. "Nutmeg" nuclear test at Bikini Atoll on May 22, 1958. This surface blast was 25.1 kilotons, so 1.5 times stronger than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. North Korea's alleged hydrogen bomb test in early September was 11 times stronger than Nutmeg. Image by NewsHour/Lawrence Livermore National Laborato...

Man Plans to Swim the Pacific Ocean to Raise Awareness for Plastic Pollution by  Lacy Cooke You’ve heard a lot about the  ocean plastic  crisis, and may even know a fair amount about the  Great Pacific Garbage Patch . But for many of us, the issue can still seem far away when we drink out of a plastic bottle or tote groceries in a plastic bag. Professional distance swimmer  Ben Lecomte  aims to offer a fresh, personal perspective on  ocean health  as he swims 5,500 miles across the  Pacific Ocean . Inhabitat caught up with Lecomte just days before he plans to leave for the potentially record-setting trek. Lecomte could be the first man to swim across the Pacific Ocean, but that’s not his goal for this venture. “My goal is to do something a little bit out there, a little bit extreme, to get the attention on an issue very important to everybody: the state of the  ocean ,” he told Inhabitat. He’ll leave from Tokyo and swim to Sa...