Marshall Islands

Divers Embrace The Nuclear History Of Bikini Atoll

James M. Clash | Posted 05.13.2012

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James M. Clash

Far off in the Pacific Ocean, 200 feet below the surface, sit a dozen radioactive warships.

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Nothing Is Immune to the Ocean

Brook Meakins | Posted 04.22.2012

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Brook Meakins

Who pays for the increasing weather-related disasters? Where do we move if we are left with no choice but to leave our homes? Why does climate change deal its toughest blows to those that contribute to it the least?

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When It Hits Home...

Mark Stege | Posted 04.22.2012

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Mark Stege

Both my homes are now disappearing. Last week on Taroa, I saw that beaches have begun to creep inland and coconut trees have fallen sideways, the sandy soil beneath inundated by the expanding ocean.

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Happy Savages

Robert Koehler | Posted 04.17.2012

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Robert Koehler

Nuclear Savage is the story of what we did to the Marshall Islanders throughout the Cold War with our nuclear testing program.

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Castaways Found On Pacific Atoll After 33 Days At Sea

Posted 11.29.2011

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Two men from the Pacific island of Kiribati who were adrift for 33 days at sea have turned up on the Namdrik Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands, some...

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Photo Exhibit: Countries at U.N. Respond to Global Shark Conservation Challenge

Matt Rand | Posted 12.13.2011

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Matt Rand

Leaders from the Bahamas, Colombia, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, and Micronesia pledged to develop shark sanctuaries totaling up to six million square kilometers.

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How Japan Learned About "Nuclear Safety"

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lawrence Wittner

Although people can be educated in a variety of ways, experience is a particularly effective teacher. Consider the Japanese, who today are certainly ...

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If An Island State Vanishes, Is It Still A Nation?

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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CANCUN, Mexico — Encroaching seas in the far Pacific are raising the salt level in the wells of the Marshall Islands. Waves threaten to cut one ...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Marshall Islands, Not U.S., Had Main Responsibility For Safety Inspections

Los Angeles Times | Tom Hamburger and Kim Geiger | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico was built in South Korea. It was operated by a Swiss company under contract to a Bri...

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