WORLD FACTBOOK (US)

• A new island of hope rising from the Indian Ocean
  BBC News
  Wednesday September 9, 2020 6:36 pm EDT

• U.S. slaps trade sanctions on more Chinese entities, this time for South China Sea island building
  The Washington Post
  Wednesday August 26, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• China expands its island-building strategy into the Pacific
  The Strategist
  Thursday September 10, 2020 6:00 am EDT

• Ocean acidification causing coral 'osteoporosis' on iconic reefs
  Science Daily
  Thursday August 27, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• 4 Breathtaking Fam Islands Dive Sites
  Scuba Diver Magazine
  Thursday September 17, 2020 12:34 am EDT

• Ring of coral islands is being destroyed by plastic pollution
  Daily Mail
  Thursday September 10, 2020 1:43 pm EDT

• To save this palm-filled paradise, biologists must kill the trees
  Science Magazine
  Thursday August 27, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Nutrients make coral bleaching worse
  Science Daily
  Friday August 21, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Review: Windbound Sails Past a Sea of Troubles with Style and Spirit
  thirdcoastreview.com
  Friday September 18, 2020 6:43 am EDT

• Coral reef islands can accrete vertically in response to sea level rise
  Science Advances
  Wednesday June 10, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• A Stupendously Huge Raft of Volcanic Rock Has Floated Across The Ocean to Australia
  ScienceAlert
  Thursday August 20, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Loss of sea otters accelerating the effects of climate change
  Science Daily
  Thursday September 10, 2020 4:08 pm EDT

• Seeking refuge in the climate emergency | Penn Today
  Penn Today
  Thursday September 17, 2020 8:00 am EDT

• American Graves Show US Commitment to Pacific > US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
  Department of Defense
  Friday August 28, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Environmental damage to coral reefs in South China Sea
  Science Daily
  Thursday February 27, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Off the North Carolina shore, a deep dive into history
  The Washington Post
  Friday September 18, 2020 8:00 am EDT

• Eight Reasons to Safeguard Western Puerto Rico's Ocean and Coast
  The Pew Charitable Trusts
  Wednesday September 16, 2020 1:15 pm EDT

• Indonesian patrol confronts Chinese ship in economic zone near disputed South China Sea
  Economic Times
  Tuesday September 15, 2020 10:34 pm EDT

• Who rules climate intervention on the high seas?
  chinadialogue ocean
  Thursday September 17, 2020 7:50 am EDT

• South China Sea Watch: More talks and more tensions
  Yahoo News
  Monday September 14, 2020 1:15 am EDT

• The Overlooked Importance of Penguin Poop, Fulmar Feces, and Gull Guano
  NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
  Thursday September 17, 2020 2:45 pm EDT

• Princess Reveals 2022 World Cruise Onboard Coral Princess
  Cruise Industry News
  Friday September 11, 2020 6:38 am EDT

• A Brighter Future for Coral Reef Islands
  Eos
  Wednesday July 15, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Must Visit Islands For Holiday With Family In The Caribbean
  CEOWORLD magazine
  Thursday September 17, 2020 11:36 am EDT

• [A Photographer’s Notes] Exploring Okinawa’s Zamami Island
  JAPAN Forward
  Thursday September 17, 2020 9:33 am EDT

• Island 'drowning' is not inevitable as sea levels rise
  Science Daily
  Wednesday June 10, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Pacific Islands bubble: Travel memories of a Fijian island paradise
  New Zealand Herald
  Wednesday September 16, 2020 6:05 pm EDT

• Coral Sea's deep-water reef secrets revealed as pandemic sees research ship redeployed
  ABC News
  Wednesday June 17, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Red Sea Project | Sustainable tourism | John Pagano interview
  Blooloop
  Wednesday September 16, 2020 5:27 pm EDT

• Helping to support threatened marine life
  Nature.com
  Monday February 17, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Travel (virtually) to the island of Curaçao through these photos
  USA Today 10Best
  Tuesday September 1, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• These corals could survive climate change — and help save the world's reefs
  Nature.com
  Wednesday November 27, 2019 3:00 am EST

• These mesmerizing photos from female divers take you to the depths of oceans
  Washington Post
  Saturday August 29, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• How A Warming Arctic Will Change New England Weather
  Connecticut Public Radio
  Monday September 14, 2020 6:07 pm EDT

• Where To Kayak In Hong Kong
  Tatler Hong Kong
  Thursday September 17, 2020 6:00 pm EDT

• Why rising sea levels may not drown low-lying islands after all
  South China Morning Post
  Wednesday June 17, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• South China Sea: What's China's plan for its 'Great Wall of Sand'?
  BBC News
  Tuesday July 14, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Great Barrier Reef bleaching concerns after hottest month of sea temperatures on record
  ABC News
  Saturday March 14, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Travel
  Lord Howe: Australia's most exclusive island?
  Thursday March 5, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Scientist unravels mystery of Coral Sea's ghostly Sandy Island
  Washington Post
  Sunday April 14, 2013 3:00 am EDT

• Coral reefs in Turks and Caicos Islands resist global bleaching event
  Science Daily
  Tuesday March 3, 2020 3:00 am EST

• US to ASEAN: Reconsider deals with blacklisted China firms
  The Associated Press
  Thursday September 10, 2020 4:26 am EDT

• The super-corals of the Red Sea
  BBC News
  Thursday April 9, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Former US Bases in the Philippines Prompt Mixed Feelings
  The Diplomat
  Thursday September 17, 2020 2:29 pm EDT

• New seaweed kills coral reefs in remote Hawaiian islands
  Los Angeles Times
  Wednesday July 8, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching event linked to 'anthropogenic climate change'
  ABC News
  Thursday March 5, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Pack Your Bags Because Here Are 101 Aussie Holiday Ideas
  Lifehacker Australia
  Friday September 18, 2020 2:04 am EDT

• 7 Great Barrier Reef island resorts you have to visit
  Telegraph.co.uk
  Monday July 13, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• The state of coral reefs in the Solomon Islands
  Phys.org
  Monday June 29, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• COMMENTARY: When China gets up to no good, Canada must do more than wag a finger
  Global News
  Wednesday September 16, 2020 7:00 am EDT

• Coral Sea Cable to 'modernise' PNG
  RNZ
  Wednesday June 10, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Vocus completes A$136m Coral Sea Cable System
  Capacity Media
  Thursday December 12, 2019 3:00 am EST

• Giant Panda, Bengal Tiger: The 25 Endangered Species on Verge of Extinction Due to Human Activity
  News18
  Friday September 18, 2020 2:39 am EDT

• Palau is first country to ban 'reef toxic' sun cream
  BBC News
  Wednesday January 1, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Princess Unveils 2021-22 Australia Voyages, Including World Cruise
  Travel Agent
  Wednesday September 9, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• The deal that saved Seychelles' troubled waters
  BBC News
  Monday August 3, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Watch: This self-proclaimed gay 'kingdom' is at war with Australia
  PinkNews
  Tuesday March 29, 2016 3:00 am EDT

• Rising sea levels may build, rather than destroy, coral reef islands
  Phys.org
  Tuesday November 13, 2018 3:00 am EST

• New Caledonia Commits to Protecting More of Its Coral Sea Natural Park
  The Pew Charitable Trusts
  Monday October 29, 2018 3:00 am EDT

• Why China may want a military base in Indonesia — and why Indonesia is right to reject the idea
  MENAFN.COM
  Friday September 18, 2020 12:20 am EDT

• Two climate patterns predict coral bleaching months earlier: Earlier warnings can help islands become more proactive in managing reefs
  Science Daily
  Thursday July 9, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Tackling coral reefs' thorny problem: Crown-of-thorns starfish: Scientists decipher the evolutionary history of a coral reef predator
  Science Daily
  Wednesday July 8, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Seabourn Announces "2022 World Cruise: Extraordinary Horizons": An Unforgettable 145-day Voyage Visiting 72 Ports In 28 Countries
  PRNewswire
  Monday September 14, 2020 10:00 am EDT

• As coral reefs suffered around the world, those in French Polynesia were thriving
  Science Magazine
  Monday December 16, 2019 3:00 am EST

• Soft coral around 2 Seychelles islands suffered less than feared in 2015-17 warming, study finds
  Seychelles News Agency
  Monday January 20, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Queensland scientists searching for hitchhiking organisms on debris in Coral Sea
  ABC Online
  Friday June 10, 2016 3:00 am EDT

• Turks and Caicos corals: Disease threatens barrier reef
  BBC News
  Friday January 10, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Warming, acidic oceans may nearly eliminate coral reef habitats by 2100
  Science Daily
  Tuesday February 18, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Bonaire: A diver’s paradise where the massive coral reef teems with sea life and beauty
  cleveland.com
  Sunday April 12, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Great Barrier Reef Is Bleaching Again. It’s Getting More Widespread.
  The New York Times
  Monday April 6, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• The lessons we learned from the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942
  NavyTimes.com
  Friday May 3, 2019 3:00 am EDT

• NGOs work to rebuild vital coral reefs, but islands threatened by climate change need much more help
  Euronews
  Friday December 6, 2019 3:00 am EST

• Reefs in Turks and Caicos Islands resisted global coral bleaching event 2014-17
  Oceanographic
  Wednesday March 25, 2020 6:20 pm EDT

• Bonaire: Where Coral and Cactus Thrive, and the Sea Soothes the Soul
  The New York Times
  Monday February 18, 2019 3:00 am EST

• Latest Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef Underscores Global Coral Crisis
  InsideClimate News
  Monday April 13, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Deep-sea coral gardens discovered in the submarine canyons off south Western Australia
  Science Daily
  Friday February 28, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Explained: What’s behind diplomatic tensions in the South China Sea?
  The Indian Express
  Wednesday April 29, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• The divers rescuing a drowning island
  BBC News
  Friday January 31, 2020 3:00 am EST

• China's Pacific Expansion Is A Hard Test for Australia
  Foreign Policy
  Tuesday January 7, 2020 3:00 am EST

• An extraordinary rare eagle ray spotted in the Great Barrier Reef after 45 years!
  Happytrips
  Monday May 4, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• All 20 biodiversity targets missed as pollution, climate change rage on: UN report
  DW (English)
  Tuesday September 15, 2020 2:27 pm EDT

• Spratly Islands underwater ecosystem at risk
  Oceanographic
  Sunday March 29, 2020 12:01 am EDT

• World cruise bookings open
  TTR Weekly
  Sunday September 13, 2020 7:15 pm EDT

• Australia's First Underwater Hotel, in the Great Barrier Reef, Lets You Sleep Next to Fish
  Condé Nast Traveler
  Tuesday January 21, 2020 3:00 am EST

• The troubled waters surrounding the Spratly Islands
  Phys.org
  Thursday February 27, 2020 3:00 am EST

• The Battle Of Coral Sea Showed How Losing A Battle Can Win You The War
  The National Interest Online
  Friday February 21, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Large 'herbivores of the sea' help keep coral reefs healthy: Fishing practices that selectively remove large parrotfish could put corals at risk
  Science Daily
  Thursday January 9, 2020 3:00 am EST

• Literally cooked in hot water—what happened in the latest mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  Monday June 29, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Savor the SIGHTS
  Key West Florida Weekly
  Thursday September 17, 2020 1:01 am EDT

• The video of 64000 turtles nesting near the Great Barrier Reef is the best thing you'll see today on internet
  Happytrips
  Friday June 12, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Best of 2019: The dying corals of Lakshadweep
  India Climate Dialogue
  Wednesday December 25, 2019 3:00 am EST

• RV Falkor discovers unexplored depths of Coral Sea without a single scientist on board
  ABC News
  Wednesday May 6, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Freshwater reservoir found at artificial island in the South China Sea
  South China Morning Post
  Sunday June 28, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• How Willis Island weather observers survive life working at the remote outpost off Queensland
  ABC Online
  Wednesday March 28, 2018 3:00 am EDT

• Concrete and coral: Beijing's South China Sea building boom fuels concerns
  Reuters
  Wednesday May 23, 2018 3:00 am EDT

• How to visit Bougainville as it hopes to become the world's newest country
  CNN
  Monday December 30, 2019 3:00 am EST

• 78 years ago, Japan suffers first WWII defeat at Battle of Coral Sea
  Business Insider
  Friday May 8, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Maldives: Climate change could actually help coral islands rise again – but they're still at risk
  Phys.Org
  Wednesday November 14, 2018 3:00 am EST

• Cyclone Gretel is expected to form in the Coral Sea on Saturday
  North Queensland Register
  Friday March 13, 2020 3:00 am EDT

• Kiribati's president's plans to raise islands in fight against sea-level rise
  The Guardian
  Sunday August 9, 2020 3:00 am EDT

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