Which ocean has the maximum number of islands in the world? Explore why the Pacific Ocean holds this record, along with its ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

Did you know the Earth is home to hundreds of thousands of islands? From vast continents like Australia (often considered an island continent) to tiny, uninhabited specks of land, these formations are ...

I HAVE been greatly interested in Mr. John Murray's paper on coral reefs and islands published in NATURE, vol. xxii, p. 351. I hope you will allow me space to draw scientific attention to the fact ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Sands covers travel and the hospitality industry. World Reef Day, recognized on June 1, is a call to action for consumers, ...

The world’s largest coral has been found in the Solomon Islands, a remote nation made up of hundreds of small islands in the South Pacific. The coral measures 111 feet wide, 101 feet long, and nearly ...

Sea levels rising and falling over hundreds of thousands of years may have helped build the oceanic structures Alexandra Witze, Knowable The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in ...