You may have to trek a bit to reach the thousands of islands that comprise the South Pacific, but the journey is well worth the effort. In this vast area, you'll discover unspoiled beaches, impressive ...

Researchers at Brown have shown the first direct evidence for a massive geologic uplift of the entire Aleutian Island ...

When you really need to get away, plan a trip to one of these distant destinations. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is as far away as one can get from the rest of the world. According to UNESCO ...

Sitting in the Indian Ocean, the Maldives is made up of an archipelago of more than 1,000 islands. Only a fraction of these landforms are inhabited, and only a handful of these have populations in the ...

New research says hundreds of islands in the Pacific are growing in land size, even as climate change-related sea level rises threaten the region. Coral reef sediment was responsible for the increase ...

Around the world, many islands are slowly but surely being submerged. You're running out of time to see these beautiful islands that are sinking before they disappear. Sadly, rising sea levels present ...

We are building more islands than ever before. In the latest edition of our photographic series Anthropo-Scene, we explore the striking results of humanity's attempts to colonise the world's lakes and ...