Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...

FILE PHOTO: Aerial view of Funafuti, Tuvalu’s most populous island SYDNEY (Reuters) - Adapting to a sea level rise of up to 0.5 metres (1.64 feet) will cost the three most vulnerable Pacific atoll ...

Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea ...

Kiritimati Island, an atoll in the Pacific Ocean part of the island nation of Kiribati, is the first inhabited place on earth ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Marshall Islands government has announced it will protect an area of the Pacific Ocean described as one of the most “remote, pristine” marine ...

What’s new: 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 published in ...

Hawaii conservation groups are voicing their opposition to plans by the U.S. Space Force to conduct cargo rocket testing at Johnston Atoll, a national wildlife refuge in the Pacific.

Seabirds like these red-footed boobies do not nest in coconut palms, so the reduction of broadleaf forests would deprive the atoll of the nutrients from their droppings. (Santa Barbara, Calif.) — ...

Brown-footed boobies perch atop the posts of an old pier at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific. Masked booby and chick. Many different species of birds occupy Johnston Atoll — part ...