Tiny Tuvalu Fears Future Is Beneath the Pacific
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The islands in Tuvalu where Enele Sopoaga visited his aunts as a boy are gone, swallowed by the rising seas surrounding the Pacific archipelago.
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Life can be cramped when you live on a remote cluster of tiny coral islands in the Indian Ocean, so the Maldives has plumped for a novel if seemingly extreme solution -- build a new island from scratch.
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A powerful earthquake struck Friday under the Pacific Ocean near Papua New Guinea, but there were no reports of damage on land and there was no major tsunami threat, authorities said.
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Is a sea change about to occur? Don't count on it.
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New Zealand is just about as far from the North Atlantic as you can get. Despite the distance, leaders of NATO will next week be discussing how to draw the Pacific nation and other regional democracies further into its orbit.
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HONOLULU - A tiny frog with a huge shriek has invaded the Big Island and won't shut up.
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An earthquake near the South Pacific nation of Samoa has triggered a tsunami, a warning centre says.
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An strong undersea earthquake on Thursday off central Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara island chain sparked panic and prompted a brief tsunami warning, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 8 (IPS) - New trade negotiations between the EU and a group  of small Pacific countries might only bring more poverty, NGOs  fear.
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There is a 70 percent chance the current seismic action beneath Mount St. Helens will produce a small eruption within the next few weeks, scientists said Thursday.
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The undersea quake off the coast of Indonesia could happen in Nigeria as the country&#39;s western boundary with Cameroon is an active volcanic region capable of causing tsunamis, local media reported Wednesday.
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Global demand for a tiny pet fish recently found in Myanmar is already raising concerns about the survival of the species.
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Tensions are high on this tiny Pacific outcrop, where the Pitcairn Supreme Court will today announce verdicts on seven local men charged with child sex crimes.
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Undersea quakes are inevitable. The questions are where and when Â and the recent catastrophe may provide clues.
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It sounds insignificant alongside the Indian Ocean tsunami, yet an almost imperceptible annual rise in the world's oceans may pose a huge threat to ports, coasts and islands by 2100.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)   urged small Pacific islands nations on Tuesday to do more to   prepare emergency plans for a possible birdflu outbreak and   human influenza pandemic, warning no nation could be immune.
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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 near the remote Samoa islands group in the South   Pacific had generated a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said on Thursday.