The U.S. Air Force issued a notice this month proposing the construction of two landing pads on Johnston Atoll to test the ...

2009). Charles Darwin first proposed the theory of atoll reef formation. He postulated that fringing reefs develop close to the shoreline in shallow waters around volcanic islands (Figure 6).

Research on Scott Reef off Northwest Australia has shown that local coral connections help boost the resilience of remote atoll reef systems following bleaching and storms. Coral reefs are facing ...

By Marco Lopez Rosie knows the Lighthouse Reef Atoll like the back of her fin. She calls this atoll home and is a matriarch ...

This story appears in the September 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. “If an alien had just one day on Earth and wanted to see a coral reef,” says National Geographic Explorer-in ...

ARTE/GombessaExpedition2017 At the south end of Fakarava Atoll, a 35-mile-long rectangle of coral in French Polynesia, a narrow channel cuts through the barrier reef. Every June thousands of ...

Narrated by Oscar winner Liam Neeson, their adventure takes them from the Great Barrier Reef to the stunning islands of Fiji, Tahiti and the Rangiroa atoll where they seek to better understand ...