Atoll islands with healthy ecosystems are less likely to disappear as oceans rise, research shows. Now, scientists are using nature-based solutions — like restoring coral reefs and native forests — to ...

Rising sea levels, coupled with the natural variability of atoll islands and coral reefs, is creating new uncertainty in international law, with geopolitical implications. Coral reef islands and ...

And indeed, when the world began paying attention to global warming decades ago, these islands, which form atop coral reefs in clusters called atolls, were quickly identified as some of the first ...

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...

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. While ...

"As an atoll nation, we see our reefs damaged and livelihoods threatened. "We must urgently end the fossil fuel era and transition to a just, sustainable future powered by clean energy. Our oceans ...

The new marine protected area spans 18,500 square miles of water surrounding two remote, northern atolls, called Bikar and Bokak. “Bikar and Bokak’s coral reefs are a time machine, like diving ...

China Says Philippine Warships 'Damaged' Reef at Atoll in South China Sea BEIJING ... in the South China Sea had "gravely damaged" the coral reef ecosystem in the area, as both countries tussle ...