Showing posts with label Equatorial Central Pacific. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Equatorial Central Pacific. Show all posts

Monday, 2 February 2026

Airburst in Central Pacific and Pygmy Sperm Whale strands in New Zealand

2026, January 31. Equatorial Central Pacific, 470km NE of Howland Island. Airburst: (4.1N, 173.4W). Time: 18:07UT. Altitude: 32 km. Energy: e = 3.6e10, -e = 0.12kt or 120,000 kg/TNT. Velocity: NA. Second airburst of the year.

2026, February 3. New Zealand, W North Island, Kawhia, Ocean Beach. Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) calf stranded and refloated. Unlikely to survive.


Dolphins dead in Uruguay

2026 July 22 (July 17 to date). Uruguay. Cluster stranding of 12 Fraser's dolphins. Working Group on Marine Fauna Strandings (GTV) has v...