Incredibly, the British government, which owns the islands, is trying to give them to Mauritius and then lease them back, in defiance of the advice of both British and American generals. One of the ...
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The Indonesian archipelago did not emerge as a nation through roads or borders. It took shape along water. For more than two ...
After pulling my kayak ashore, I walked along the empty beach for an hour, collecting shells and fragments of red coral. I ...
A new peer-reviewed study led by Israeli researchers has found that coral reefs help control the daily lives of microbes, tiny bacteria, and microscopic algae that live in the water around them. The ...
Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...
Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...
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In a landmark 1948 speech, Indonesia’s first vice president, Mohammad Hatta, proclaimed, “The best policy to adopt is one which does not make us the object of an international conflict. On the ...
On a remote coral reef near Papua New Guinea, endless streams of bubbles rise from cracks in the seabed into the shallow water, fed by an underground volcanic system. For scientists, this natural ...