If you aren't up for shelling out money for a day pass to Atlantis, consider Blue Lagoon Island (also known as Salt Cay) as an option. Located just across the water from Paradise Island ...

The reward? A wall of hundreds of grey reef sharks patrolling the entrance to the atoll lagoon as soon as you enter the water ...

Aldabra's raised atoll shoreline: From 1960 to 2011, 24% of the shoreline changed at a rate of 25 cm/ yr, the lagoon shoreline changed at 32 cm/yr and the ocean shoreline changed at 15 cm/yr.

On September 16, 1944, as US Marines began a major assault on Peleliu, Adm. William Halsey, commander of the US Navy's 3rd Fleet, ordered III Amphibious Corps to seize Ulithi Atoll, located 400 ...

The lagoon shoreline underwent more rapid changes ... "Our findings are significant as they highlight Aldabra Atoll's resilience and its ability to maintain its shoreline despite rising sea ...