#Johnston atoll

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At 2994 meters on a never-before-surveyed seamount north of Johnston Atoll, the team made a thrilling discovery — the chance to examine an animal spotted for the very first time in the Pacific Ocean! The sea pen, a colonial cnidarian, had a single large feeding polyp with pinnate (barbed) tentacles stretching over 40 cm from its 2-meter-long stalk.

Solumbellula monocephalus is the only described species in the genus and until this sighting was only known to live in the North and South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Before this discovery of the colony, the animal had never been seen in the Pacific Ocean. Further review of the footage and this sample will help experts determine if this is the first Pacific S.monocephalus or potentially a new species in this ocean basin.

Enjoy some beautiful close-ups of this coral relative that astounded our team with a detailed view of its stinging feeding tentacles that capture marine snow and food particles drifting by its home on an underwater mountain sedimented saddle. Two individuals were spotted on this dive, confirming a population within the protection of the Johnston Unit of Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. This huge range expansion of Solumbellula in the Pacific Ocean reminds us how important ocean exploration efforts are to understanding this diversity of our planet!

Learn more about this expedition funded by NOAA Ocean Exploration via the Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute

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Navio de pesquisa da NOAA atraca em Hilo: Okeanos Explorer sediará eventos durante a semana #ÚltimasNotícias

Hot News Pesquisadores esperam aumentar seus conhecimentos sobre o Monumento Nacional Marinho Papahanaumokuakea conduzindo seis expedições a uma das maiores áreas protegidas do mundo. A Administração Oceânica e Atmosférica Nacional está passando o ano realizando mapeamentos oceânicos profundos de Papahanaumokuakea e do Atol Johnston, localizados no Monumento Nacional Marinho das Ilhas Remotas do…

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NOAA research ship docks in Hilo: Okeanos Explorer to host events throughout week

Researchers hope to increase their knowledge about the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument by conducting six expeditions to one of the world’s largest protected areas. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is spending the year conducting deep ocean mapping of Papahanaumokuakea and the Johnston Atoll, located in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, to better…

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Johnston Atoll. (Photo Courtesy of Robert Friedrichs) ATOMIC MUSEUM TO HOST “STORIES FROM THE ATOMIC AGE: AN ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF JOHNSTON ATOLL,” THURSDAY, MARCH 28   On Thursday, March 28, the Atomic Museum invites guests

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Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States, a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space, and one of five conducted by the US in space.

A Thor rocket carrying a W49 thermonuclear warhead (designed at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) and a Mk. 2 reentry vehicle was launched from Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, about 900 miles (1,450 km) west-southwest of Hawaii. The explosion took place at an altitude of 250 miles (400 km), above a point 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Johnston Atoll. It had a yield of 1.4 Mt (5.9 PJ). The explosion was about 10° above the horizon as seen from Hawaii, at 11 pm Hawaii time.[1]: 3 

On July 9, 1962, Hawaii was hit by a massive electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, which took down the state's communications systems and traffic lights in a matter of minutes -- virtually everything that ran on electricity.May 13, 2017

What are the effects of a nuclear EMP?

IS EMP RADIOACTIVE? EMP is not radioactive, but a pulse of energy produced as a side effect of a nuclear detonation or electromagnetic bomb. WHAT ARE THE HEALTH EFFECTS? EMP has no known effect on living organisms, but can temporarily or permanently disable electrical and electronic equipment.

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Something bigger lurks in the abyss! Megalodon tooth found on unexplored seamount 10,000 feet below the ocean’s surface

Strange Sounds January 8, 2024 A remotely operated submarine was collecting samples on a previously unexplored deep sea mountain when it scooped up a rare megalodon tooth. The gold-colored tooth, which is 2.7 inches (6.8 centimeters) long, was discovered more than 10,000 feet (3,090 meters) below the surface near the Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, around…

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Happy New Year to the UTC -10:00 time zone !

It is now 2024 on the Society Islands, the Dissapointment Islands and the rest of the Tuamotus Archipelago, the Outer Gambier Islands Group and the Acteon Group, the Tupua'i Islands and the Bass Islands. All of these in the French Polynesia. Also on the Cook Islands, the further west Aleutian Islands and Johnston Atoll.

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Hexactinellid species (glass sponges), Johnston Atoll

Aug 2, 2017  Scientists observed several species of Hexactinellid sponges, or glass sponges, while exploring Horizon Guyot seamount and “Ridge” seamount in the Johnston Atoll, Pacific Ocean, during NOAA’s 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana expedition. Glass sponges have skeletons made of silica.

 Credit: Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana, July 2017

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Playing Victory Belles for the first time, I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just sitting in Johnston Atoll beating up Avarice over and over and repairing McDougal when needed. Maury is very pretty. Entirely unsure how combat works here. I want the girl with the flippers and tube that Mal is very proud of but I have no idea how to get to her.

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INDIES’ TOP 250 NATIONS/REGIONS ON EARTH ! (BASED ON GENERAL QUALITY OF LIFE IN PAST 60 YRS + RECENT DECADES)

NOTE: Apart from the 196 officially recognized independent nations on earth, this list also includes the recognized ‘dependent areas’ of the world too, officially controlled by other nations not geographically connected.

 1.       .South Korea

2.       .France

3.       .Iceland

4.       .Japan

5.       .Bahamas

6.       .Monaco

7.       .Netherlands

8.       .Saint Kitts and Nevis

9.       .Saint Lucia

10.   .Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

11.   .Greenland

12.   .Haiti

13.   .Finland

14.   .Panama

15.   .Holy See/ Vatican City State

16.   .British Virgin Islands

17.   .US Virgin Islands

18.   .Ashmore and Cartier Islands

19.   .Luxembourg

20.   .Switzerland

21.   .Guam

22.   .Russia

23.   .French Southern Territories

24.   .Romania

25.   .Puerto Rico

26.   .Fiji

27.   .Grenada

28.   .Guinea

29.   .Guatemala

30.   .Kazakhstan

31.   .French Guiana

32.   .Uzbekistan

33.   .Jordan

34.   .Cyprus

35.   .Italy

36.   .Czech Republic

37.   .Anguilla

38.   .French Polynesia

39.   .Guyana

40.   .Honduras

41.   .Eritrea

42.   .Western Sahara

43.   .Canada

44.   .Costa Rica

45.   .Swaziland

46.   .Djibouti

47.   .United States of America

48.   .Guadeloupe

49.   .Falkland Islands

50.   .Oman

51.   .Yemen

52.   .Sao Tome and Principe

53.   . Kyrgyzstan

54.   .Samoa

55.   .Peru

56.   .Ivory Coast

57.   .Antigua & Barbuda

58.   .Trinidad and Tobago

59.   . Denmark

60.   .Tajikistan

61.   .Lebanon

62.   .Kiribati

63.   .Portugal

64.   .Paraguay

65.   .Qatar

66.   .Reunion Island

67.   .Sweden

68.   .Rwanda

69.   .China

70.   .Ukraine

71.   .Cook Islands

72.   .Barbados

73.   .Dominican Republic

74.   .Georgia

75.   .Faroe Islands

76.   .Kenya

77.   .Niger

78.   .Liechtenstein

79.   .Ecuador

80.   .Croatia

81.   .Egypt

82.   .Scotland

83.   .Algeria

84.   .Estonia

85.   .Nigeria

86.   .Norway

87.   .Niue

88.   .Netherlands Antilles

89.   .Equatorial Guinea

90.   .Cuba

91.   .East Timor

92.   .Nicaragua

93.   . Guinea-Bissau

94.   .Australia

95.   .Gibraltar

96.   .Curacao

97.   .Palau

98.   .Papua New Guinea

99.   .Lesotho

100.                        .El Salvador

101.                        .Azerbaijan

102.                        .New Zealand

103.                        .Lithuania

104.                        .San Marino

105.                        .Slovakia

106.                        .Seychelles

107.                        .Serbia

108.                        .Dominica

109.                        .Pitcairn Islands

110.                        .South Africa

111.                        Northern Mariana Islands

112.                        .Philippines

113.                        .East Timor

114.                        .Tokelau

115.                        .Venezuela

116.                        .England

117.                        .Suriname

118.                        .Belgium

119.                        .Kosovo

120.                        .Singapore

121.                        .Nepal

122.                        .Akrotiri

123.                        .Somalia

124.                        .Vietnam

125.                        .Thailand

126.                        .Wallis and Futuna Islands

127.                        .Sudan

128.                        .Libya

129.                        .Zimbabwe

130.                        .Chad

131.                        .Germany

132.                        .Zambia

133.                        .Tonga

134.                        .Chile

135.                        .Slovenia

136.                        .South Sudan

137.                        .Solomon Islands

138.                        .Bermuda

139.                        .Spain

140.                        .Austria

141.                        .Togo

142.                        .Belize

143.                        .Uruguay

144.                        .Sierra Leone

145.                        .Ireland

146.                        .Central African Republic

147.                        .Indonesia

148.                        .Argentina

149.                        .Lao

150.                        .Hungary

151.                        .Poland

152.                        .Bahrain

153.                        .Bolivia

154.                        .UAE

155.                        .Saudi Arabia

156.                        .Cambodia

157.                        .Christmas Island

158.                        .Congo (Kinshasa)

159.                        .Israel

160.                        .Tanzania

161.                        .Brunei Darussalam

162.                        .Malawi

163.                        .Armenia

164.                        .Albania

165.                        .Bulgaria

166.                        .Colombia

167.                        .Burkina Faso

168.                        .Cape Verde

169.                        .Ghana

170.                        .Bhutan

171.                        .Hong Kong

172.                        . Comoros

173.                        . North Macedonia

174.                        .Maldives

175.                        . Benin

176.                        .Gabon

177.                        .Cameroon

178.                        .Burundi

179.                        .Uganda

180.                        .Madagascar

181.                        .Cocos (Keeling) Islands

182.                        .Macau

183.                        .Jamaica

184.                        .Greece

185.                        .Antarctica

186.                        .Aruba

187.                        .Brazil

188.               ��        .New Caledonia

189.                        .Belarus

190.                        .Bangladesh

191.                        .Bouvet Island

192.                        .Angola

193.                        .Congo (Brazzaville)

194.                        .Jan Mayen

195.                        .Iraq

196.                        .Cayman Islands

197.                        .Palestine

198.                        .Turkey

199.                        .Turkmenistan

200.                        .Senegal

201.                        .Syria

202.                        .Sri Lanka

203.                        .Latvia

204.                        .Andorra.

205.                        .Turks and Caicos Islands

206.                        .Tibet

207.                        .Tunisia

208.                        .Liberia

209.                        .American Samoa

210.                        .Tuvalu

211.                        .Vanuatu

212.                        .Tokelau

213.                        .Afghanistan

214.                        .Isle of Man

215.                        .Montserrat

216.                        .Botswana

217.                        .Paracel Islands

218.                        .South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

219.                        .Baker Island

220.                        .Malaysia

221.                        .Johnston Atoll

222.                        .Saint Helena

223.                        .Svalbard

224.                        .Coral Sea Islands

225.                        .Heard and McDonald Islands

226.                        . Kuwait

227.                        .The Gambia

228.                        .Norfolk Island

229.                        .Sint Maarten

230.                        .British Indian Ocean Territory

231.                        .West Bank

232.                        .Guernsey

233.                        .Jarvis Island

234.                        .Palmyra Atoll

235.                        .Howland Island

236.                        .Iran

237.                        .North Korea

238.                        .Midway Islands

239.                        .Navassa Island

240.                        . Wake Island

241.                        . Jersey (Channel Island)

242.                        .India

243.                        .Bassas da India

244.                        .Taiwan

245.                        .Ethiopia

246.                        .Kingman Reef

247.                        .Pakistan

248.                        .Spratly Islands

249.                        .Northern Mariana Islands

250.                        .Bosnia and Herzegovina

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This strange sea creature spotted in the Pacific could reveal a new species

This strange sea creature spotted in the Pacific could reveal a new species

The crew of Nautilus exploration vessel may have discovered a new species of sea animal. This is a Solumbellula sea pen, which was sighted and filmed using a mini remote-controlled submarine near Johnston Atoll, a remote location west of Hawaii in the Peaceful. This is the first time this animal has been spotted in this ocean. It is normally found in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. The Nautilus…

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USAF nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons testing facility, Johnston Atoll

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The flag of the Johnston Atoll.

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Do You Have What It Takes?

Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge is 750,000 square miles from anywhere.

More than 15 species of birds rely on the refuge for safe nesting sites, including three species of boobies, sooty terns, greyback terns, red-tailed and white-tailed tropic birds, greater frigatebirds and several species of shorebirds. 

Other than the birds, the only residents of the island are small teams of volunteers who are working to save the birds from invasive species.

Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge provides one of the only rat free, safe nesting places for seabirds and shorebirds in the Pacific Remote Islands. Or it did,  before the yellow crazy ants invaded.

Yellow crazy ant swarm a red-tailed tropic bird. Photo credit: Stefan Kropidlowski/USFWS

Yellow crazy ants (Anoplolepis gracilipes) were most likely brought to the island unintentionally by humans. When the ants arrived on Johnston Atoll they quickly began to spread and wreak havoc on the thousands of nesting seabirds.

When yellow crazy ants invade, their numbers increase to such a high density they swarm and overrun anything in their path. Seabirds nesting on the ground are vulnerable to these swarms.  The ants spray formic acid onto the birds and chicks which causes severe damage to the birds’ eyes ranging from swelling to blindness.

In 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service started a project to eradicate yellow crazy ants from Johnston Atoll NWR.Crews of staff and volunteers would travel to Johnston Atoll for six months at a time to eradicate the ants and protect the seabirds. 

The Crazy Ant Strike Teams were born!

Crew of Cast XIV

Building upon the eradication efforts of CAST crews before them, each crew works towards a goal of complete eradication of Yellow Crazy Ants.

 Since 2010, the ants have been reduced by over 98%.  

 CAST crews also work to restore the natural habitat of Johnston Atoll. The crews propagate three native plant species (Scaevola taccada, Cordia subcordata, and Tournefortia argentea) caring for them first in the nursery then in the hardening area and finally as out plantings in the refuge.

The crews may give up 8 months of their lives, communication with friends and family, and fresh food, but they gain a life changing experience and the chance to help save sea birds for future generations. 

See Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge through the eyes of CAST XIV crew member Peter...

Do You Have What It Takes?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument) is seeking four (4) volunteers available from November 5, 2018, through late-June 2019 to work at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. This expedition is an expansion of the Crazy Ant Strike Team project. A major goal of the work effort remains the eradication of the Yellow Crazy Ant (YCA), Anoplolepis gracilipes, but a greater emphasis is now being placed on seabird and other biological resource monitoring.   

For more information please read the position description.