Japan has identified Minamitorishima, a remote and uninhabited coral atoll in the western Pacific, as a potential site for permanent nuclear waste disposal. The proposal marks the first time the ...

At first glance, the coral-trimmed Bikini Atoll looks like an advert for an idyllic beach holiday. Lost in the Pacific somewhere between Hawaii and The Philippines – it’s five hours by plane from ...

The process of atoll island accretion. Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.004 Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate ...

For fans of marine life, it's hard to think of a better destination than the Maldives' Baa Atoll. Experience Hanifaru Bay where you can see manta rays up close—and even whale sharks, if you’re lucky.

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

An image of Bitra island taken from space in 2009. | Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “A thousand leopards in a forest patch ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. Island tourism in destinations like the Maldives, Bahamas and ...

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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. Ecological ...