Operation Crossroads, which had its first big event–the dropping of a nuclear bomb–on July 1, 1946, was just the beginning of the nuclear testing that Bikini Atoll would be subjected to. When the ...

Palmyra Atoll, a remote, uninhabited speck of land, coral and sea halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa, is one of the ...

A sunny day at Finolhu resort. The Maldives is a popular, must-visit destination, and it’s easy to see why—with pristine beaches, overwater bungalows, and crystal-clear waters, it's the ultimate ...

Communities living on coral atoll islands, which rarely rise more than four metres above the surface of the sea, face a strange paradox. On the one hand, these islands are among the most sensitive to ...

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Make the journey to the Baa Atoll, Maldives, this season for mesmerising marine life encounters and a stay at one of the atoll’s newest island resorts. Make the journey to the Baa Atoll for marine ...

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday The looters buried the treasure for safekeeping and set about building a new ship to sail for help. Of ...

Thousands of albatrosses and other endangered species at a wildlife sanctuary north-west of Hawaii have been killed by the tsunami which devastated Japan, US officials say. Thousands of petrels and ...

In September 1944, the US Navy captured Ulithi Atoll and used it to support the Allied advance. The remote atoll hosted hundreds of ships for repair and rearmament and allowed troops to rest. Ulithi ...

MANY geography students may have come across the term, atoll. But for those who didn’t listen in their geography classes, the phenomenon may still be a mystery. Here we explain what an atoll actually ...

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