Spanning 36 million hectares (88 million acres) of tumultuous seas, craggy basaltic islets, and low coral atolls, this World Heritage Site is a haven for biodiversity and a treasure trove of ...

The nation, which is located over 8,300 miles from the UK, consists of 29 coral atolls and five main islands. It offers a ...

The manuscript describes the coral atolls he encountered throughout the ... Instead, Darwin looked to the low-lying islands fringed by coral reefs, such as those in the Maldives.

Perched at an average height of just 2 meters above sea level, the archipelago of nine low-lying coral atolls has seen a 15-centimeter rise in sea levels over the last 30 years, a rate 1.5 times ...