Researchers examined satellite imagery of 235 Pacific atolls and found coconut trees covered 58.3% of their forested area and 24.1% of their land area. Over half these trees were found in ...

Rangiroa is a laid-back island paradise full of underwater wonders, including abundant sharks. It's the largest coral atoll ...

This story appears in the April 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Picture two boulders dancing. That’s an approximation of green turtle sex: two sumo-size behemoths clipped to each ...

By Kristine Sabillo More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...

The waters around two remote atolls in the central Pacific Ocean—spanning 18,500 square miles—are now protected from fishing Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent A region of the Pacific Ocean that ...

It presents the results of the Study's assessment of the environmental legacy of weapon testing at the atolls and estimates of consequent radiation doses at present and in the future, drawing on the ...

May to October is considered the rainy season, with the southern atolls experiencing the most rain. During this time, islands see between 7 and 8 inches of precipitation monthly and often strong ...

It covers 48,000km2 — dwarfing Switzerland — and surrounds the uninhabited atolls of Bikar and Bokak, which are renowned green turtle nesting grounds. “We aim to preserve the ecological integrity of ...

The Palau, Tuvalu and Marshall Island solar and energy storage microgrids will provide more than 50% of the power needed for ...