Low lying tropical islands could be uninhabitable within 30 years due to rising sea levels and wave-driven flooding, new research suggests.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Filmmaker Ian Shive talks about his new Midway Atoll documentary, "Midway: Edge of Tomorrow"Click on the link below to read the full story.
...new research has found that there is many times more garbage in this patch than previously thought " 4 to 16 times more than past estimates, Click on the link below to read the full story.
The stark realities of climate change were laid bare at the opening of the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Climate Conference in Wellington. Calls from Samoan Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr.
Charles Moore, who first sailed the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997, has returned five times over 15 years to document the concentrations of plastic in the ocean. His results show microplastics are accumulating at a rapid rate.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai, director of WCS Fiji has been awarded an international Pew Fellowship Award. Dr.
Growing up, Setareki Ledua held the fascination for sailing boats. Even while residing at Lami, the Fulaga, Lau native would steal off to join his relatives as they carved and sailed the Fijian traditional canoe, the drua.Click on the link below to read the full story.
A concrete dome holding the radioactive waste of 43 nuclear explosions is leaking into the ocean, veterans have warned. Click on the link below to read the full story.
After a long-term push from marine conservation groups, the US government has changed the oceanic whitetip shark to be labeled "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Populations of green sea turtles living in the eastern region of the Pacific Ocean have rebounded in recent years, but their numbers remain dangerously depleted.Click on the link below to read the full story.