One Hawaiian island that draws the majority of visitors to the state is sinking into the Pacific Ocean a little more every ...

Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea ...

Their own leaders have said that Kiribati—33 coral islands in an expanse of the central Pacific ... salt water underground, shrinking the freshwater sweet spot. “Now we hate the sea ...

The Pacific paradise ... by the salt water. Its groundwater is at risk. And the sea’s warming temperature presents a threat to the coral reefs that surround the islands and the fish that ...

chairman of the Pacific Islands bloc, said that science supported Japan’s decision to pump treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, but that the region may not agree on the ...

Searchers faced challenging conditions in the vast Pacific, Muir said. A “little bit higher sea state with larger swells” hindered visibility. The Navy, Coast Guard and Marshall Islands crews ...