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Islanders' Weapons Put Spotlight On Vanished Species

Posted 04.04.2013 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 04/03/2013 05:03 PM EDT on LiveScience A collection of vicious weapons made of shark t...

PHOTOS: The 7 Sunniest Spots On Earth

Posted 02.15.2013 | Travel

The best places to find sun during these cold, dreary months.

Slideshow From Kiribati -- Pictures of an Atoll Rising Just Above Sea Level

Brook Meakins | Posted 12.29.2012 | Green
Brook Meakins

The people of Kiribati are beautiful, hospitable, and above all else, know that their land is threatened by climate change and fear for their future.

Charting a Path to Ocean Prosperity

Peter Seligmann | Posted 11.21.2012 | Green
Peter Seligmann

The Pacific Island Forum nations and their peoples have courageously stood up to the developed world and asked those countries to stop the overexploitation and thoughtless destruction of the ocean. Now it is time for the developed world to answer.

Fisherman Found Alive After 106 Days Adrift

Bangkok Post | Posted 09.14.2012 | World

A Kiribati fisherman who drifted in the central Pacific for nearly four months has been found alive and asking for cigarettes, a Marshall Islands fish...

I-Kiribati Man Wanting 'Climate Change Refugee' Status Denied by New Zealand Immigration

Brook Meakins | Posted 11.05.2012 | Green
Brook Meakins

Advocates for the victims of climate change often use the evocative terms "climate change refugee" when referring to individuals who must relocate due to climate change related impacts.

Ever Heard of a Place Called Tuvalu?

Brook Meakins | Posted 10.09.2012 | Green
Brook Meakins

A country made up of coral islands barely popping out of the waters of the Pacific ocean, rising seas threaten its very existence, earning it some recent attention.

Explorers Looking For Amelia Earhart Sail To Remote Island Because Of Beauty Product And Zipper

Reuters | Posted 09.02.2012 | Weird News

(Recasts with departure of research ship) By Malia Mattoch McManus HONOLULU, July 3 (Reuters) - Researchers seeking to ...

An Ocean Pioneer: President Anote Tong

Greg Stone | Posted 08.07.2012 | Green
Greg Stone

I had the honor last week to present the Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in National Stewardship of the Ocean to a longtime friend, His Excellency Anote Tong -- President of the Republic of Kiribati.

President of Kiribati Wins Top Ocean Award

David Helvarg | Posted 05.23.2012 | Green
David Helvarg

If you're not satisfied with how the leaders of the world's major powers including the U.S., China, India and Brazil are addressing climate change or protecting the ocean maybe you could direct their attention to Kiribati.

A Sea Change in Ocean Conservation

Peter Seligmann | Posted 05.15.2012 | Green
Peter Seligmann

Marine conservation is not just critical for the health of our oceans.

Island's Entire Population May Move

AP | NICK PERRY | Posted 05.09.2012 | World

-- Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: movin...

'Green News Report' - March 8, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.08.2012 | Green
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama fir...

Castaways Found On Pacific Atoll After 33 Days At Sea

Posted 11.29.2011 | Travel

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...

PHOTOS: World Tourism Day: 12 Great Cultural Destinations

The Huffington Post | Andrew Burmon | Posted 11.27.2011 | Travel

World Tourism Day, like a lot of the "holidays" declared by the United Nations sounds like a bureaucratic invention, but by putting aside a day to cel...

Country May Resort To Floating Island Due To Climate Change

AP | By NICK PERRY | Posted 11.07.2011 | Green

AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- The president of the Pacific island nation of Kiribati is so worried about climate change wiping out his country that he's co...

A Tale of Two Presidents

David Helvarg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
David Helvarg

Before creating his blue council, President Obama passed up a much bigger opportunity to transform both our economy and our seas.

Tuvalu: The First Country In The World To Become Unlivable?

Mother Jones | Rachel Morris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

This is the Tuvalu Christian Church, the heart of a migrant community from what may be the first country to be rendered unlivable by global warming....