#atolls — Public Fediverse posts

The Maldives is 1,192 islands. None of them rise more than 1.8 meters from the sea.

#maldives #indianocean #atolls #underwaterworld #travel

It was a privilege to write two #ScienceCommunication articles for the UK's Royal Museums Greenwich including the National Maritime Museum:
1. "Atolls and climate change" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/atolls-climate-change
2. "Coastal storms and climate change" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change
 
#oceans #climate #climatechange #islands #DRR #StormSurge #atolls #IslandStudies #storms

"Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/tsunamis-and-atolls-why-warnings-must-be-locally-meaningful
 
#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #IslandStudies #Atolls #Tsunami #Tsunamis #NoNaturalDisasters #DisastersAreNotNatural #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters

#WeekendReading: Acker and Wilber about what we learned from looking down at #reefs, #atolls, and other #marine carbonate depositional systems from #space over the last three decades. Notably, the importance of #cyclones.
(a bit too much Bahamas, but that is an ongoing issue in the field)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dep2.70014

#WeekendReading: Rivas et al., on an Early #Cretaceous volcaniclastic–carbonate ramp in southern Chile. An interesting aperture into the Cretaceous temperate #carbonates (lots of #oysters) and their interactions in #volcanoes
I constantly find myself comparing and contrasting with these Late Cretaceous volcanic #atolls I worked on.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10347-023-00669-4

« La crise climatique crée-t-elle une situation d’urgence dans les #atolls ? » par Virginie Duvat
(La Rochelle université / CNRS / Institut universitaire de France / GIEC)
#Changementsglobaux #Géo5e #HGGSP #risques #climat
https://geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/informations-scientifiques/dossiers-thematiques/changement-global/articles-scientifiques/crise-climatique-urgence-atolls

"Wang Yi told his Philippine counterpart, Enrique Manalo, during a Dec 20 call, tt “faced w the choice of what path to follow, #Philippines must act w caution”. He added: “China has always been committed to resolv'g #disputes thru dialogue & consultatn & jointly safeguard'g maritime stability”"
>> Qn: has #PRC ever "consulted" its Southeast Asian neighbors before reclaiming #atolls into military-capable facilities?
>> Stop PRC big-country mindset else dialogues will fail!
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3246759/south-china-sea-return-dialogue-vital-china-philippines-ties?utm_source=rss_feed

"A new paper challenges Darwin’s theory." No. Not that one.

Fascinating piece on how #coralReef #Atolls form...

https://eos.org/articles/rethinking-darwins-theory-of-atoll-formation

#Cathlic #Church accused of attempting to appropriate seven Pacific #atolls in #Tahiti -- three arrested https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/leglise-catholique-accusee-de-spolier-des-atolls-de-tahiti-25-01-2023-RMWPQFWQ5NBLNAMPL6XZ3YYMLQ.php