It is also the world's smallest sovereign state by population that is a member of the United Nations, and the third smallest ...

Analysis has shown a boulder weighing almost 1,200 tons in Tonga is one of the largest known wave-transported rocks in the world, providing new insights into the Pacific region's history and risk of ...

Ice is melting and sea levels are rising faster than previously thought, and scientists are pretty sure low-lying regions of ...

In 2022, the adult obesity rate was 70% in Nauru and 64% in Tuvalu, while the childhood obesity rate was 33% in Nauru and 30% in Tuvalu. In Kiribati, NCDs are estimated to account for 54% of all ...

For around 2,000 years, global sea levels hardly varied. That changed in the twentieth century. Sea levels started rising and ...

Kiribati and Tuvalu (Getty Stock Images) A nation that is notoriously very flat, it shouldn't surprise you that The Netherlands would be high on the list of countries at risk of rising sea level.

"Subsidence is a pernicious, highly localized, and often overlooked problem in comparison to global sea level rise, but it's a major factor that explains why water levels are rising in many parts of ...

But about 8,000 years ago, the sea level stabilized. Deepwater algae laid down new layers on the central knobs, creating the film of life the divers saw. At the same time, rhodolith algae started ...

The expedition is a partnership between Pristine Seas and Tuvalu government. Expedition leader Keiron Fraser said they will be deploying a range of scientific equipment in the sea and the tech will ...

William & Mary 's Batten School & VIMS have released their 2024 U.S. sea level "report cards," providing updated analyses of sea level trends and projections for 36 coastal communities. Encompassing ...