The University of Guam has been awarded $20 million to expand its research capabilities on coral reef survival in rapidly changing environmental conditions.
Two artificial reefs made from about 3000 tyres will be removed from Guam's Cocos Lagoon. The Pacific Daily News reports the tyre reefs were created 50 years ago in the hope of increasing fish stocks.
This Year's internship program supports five interns, each representing one of the five MC island jurisdictions of Republic of Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
This week, the Micronesia Conservation Trust or MCT through a grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies awarded subgrants to 15 organizations and communities in all five jurisdictions of the Micronesia Challenge or MC.
Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for its alleged failure to protect critical habitat for 23 endangered species on Guam, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau and the Feder