Southwest of Tongatapu, the main island of the Tongan archipelago, lies the depopulated island of 'Ata in the South Pacific Ocean. In June 1965, a group of six Tongan youths became stranded on the ...

Five Solomon Islands Disappear Into the Pacific Ocean as a Result of Climate Change. Rising seas are to blame for the disappearance of the islands, scientists warn. By ABC News. May 9, 2016, 3:26 PM.

A new island has emerged out of the Pacific Ocean, but it may soon disappear The little atoll located southwest of Tonga's Late Island measured roughly 8.6 acres and stood at around 50 feet above ...

May 2017, Nos. 1 & 2 Volume LIV, Our Ocean, Our World. The Pacific Ocean. T he health of our oceans is fundamental to the health of our planet. Ninety-eight per cent of the area occupied by ...

The new island is one of only three that has erupted in the last 150 years and "survived the ocean’s eroding waves longer than a few months," NASA said in a blog post.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The contributions and sacrifices by a group of Native Hawaiians to claim a remote group of islands in the Pacific Ocean prior to World War II is receiving national ...

Over 80 people gathered Sunday at Ala Moana Beach Park for a paddle-out ceremony opposing deep-sea mining, joining a global ...

The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby – a baby island, that is. The new baby island emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean, where underwater volcanoes are plentiful.

A new “baby” island has been spotted in the Pacific ocean hours after an underwater volcano erupted. NASA Earth Observatory/Cover Ima “No visible ash in the past 24 hours was reported ...

A new island has popped up in the southwest Pacific Ocean, according to the NASA Earth Observatory. This fledgling patch of land spawned out of a seafloor ridge teeming with highest density of ...

In order to answer this question, a group of geophysicists analyzed seismic velocity data from the mantle beneath the Pacific. Seismic waves from earthquakes can be used in much the same way that ...

A volcano that erupted in the southwest Pacific Ocean has started to create a new island. On Sept. 10, a volcano erupted on Home Reef, an undersea mountain that is not usually visible.