Atoll nations, predicted to sink, have kept pace with sea-level rise
Some scientists are urging more attention to keeping coral reefs healthy, say land reclamation isn’t the only option.
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Some scientists are urging more attention to keeping coral reefs healthy, say land reclamation isn’t the only option.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN AMOA — A new study by the University of Auckland argues coral atolls could out-grow sea level rise.
Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate change, according to an international team of scientists, conservationists, and an indigenous leader.While global carbon emission reduction is imperative, local measures could be the key to the islands outpacing s...
The Nature Conservancy, Hawai’i and Palmyra announced that artificial intelligence or AI powered imagery analysis detected two more seabird species at Palmyra Atoll that hadn’t been seen in decades.
High over the Pacific Ocean, heading south from Hawaii in an antiquated Gulfstream, a spike of anxiety courses through me. Clear skies and not a single trace of human existence grace the zirconium expanse. We are transecting rarely charted waters.