The process of atoll island accretion. Credit: Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.004 Ecological restoration may save coral atoll islands from the rising seas of climate ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

Gerd Masselink received funding from the Global Challenges Research Fund for this research. Paul Simon Kench receives funding from: Catalyst Fund: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, NZ ...

Which ocean has the maximum number of islands in the world? Explore why the Pacific Ocean holds this record, along with its ...

Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Seychelles Island Foundation, the Centre Scientifique de Monaco and the Institut Océanographique de Monaco on 25 October 2022, which aims to ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 61, No. 6 (2016), pp. 2191-2206 (16 pages) We present results of the thermodynamics and hydrodynamics of an atoll system and their effect on coral cover based on field ...

The study suggests that the island is built from sediment generated by the surrounding coral reef, such as from crushed up dead coral, weathered shells and dried-up microorganisms. Dan Polhemus/U.S.

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 global ...