Air Force Will Soon Test Shipping Cargo Via SpaceX Rockets
The U.S. Air Force announced on Monday that it intends to build two landing pads on a remote island in the Pacific. It wants ...
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Proposed military rocket test site in remote Pacific wildlife refuge alarms scientists
The U.S. Air Force issued a notice this month proposing the construction of two landing pads on Johnston Atoll to test the ...
Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji. Researchers have long ...
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New study suggests Fijian iguanas 'rafted' across the Pacific from North America
A new study tracks down where native iguanas in Fiji and an extinct species from Tonga came from, offering clues about the ...
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Pacific island water security requires new approach
“These atoll islands have the most threatened fresh groundwater on earth, and are relied upon by some of the most remote communities,” says Flinders ... have focused on nine small islands in the ...
The Ultimate Castaways: How Iguanas Survived a 5,000-Mile Ocean Voyage
Fiji’s iguanas embarked on one of the most astonishing ocean journeys in history, rafting nearly 5,000 miles from North ...
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Iguanas likely crossed Pacific via raft
Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands ...
Scale of cuts to the VA in the Pacific unclear
There are approximately 100, 000 veterans on Oahu and 30, 000 veterans on the neighbor islands served by the Oahu-­based VA Pacific Islands Healthcare System. The Trump administration announced ...
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Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip
NEW YORK — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. Most modern-day iguanas live in the Americas — thousands of miles and ...