Tag: atolls
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Biden To Create New Marine Sanctuary In Pacific
Photo: Palmyra Atoll, about 900 miles south of Hawaii, is part of the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument. (Courtesy: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Hawaii congressman says “our world’s oceans are at mortal risk.” President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he would expeditiously expand and increase environmental protections for a group of remote atolls…
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The State of Coral in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
October 3, 2017 — The NOAA research vessel Hiialakai returned Saturday from a 25-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. A team of scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has returned from a month-long trip to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument with reams of research on coral and fish…
