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Black freighter at sea with gray, cloudy skies in the background
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Seaports Could Lose $67 Billion Yearly from Natural Disasters

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 2 February 202322 March 2023

Small islands and low-income nations face the largest relative monetary losses to their ports and maritime trade.

Researcher Liezel Rudolph stands next to an unmarked signpost on Marion Island.
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Geospatial Database for the Prince Edward Islands

by Munyaradzi Makoni 9 November 202217 November 2022

South African scientists map uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean.

A diagram and a graph showing how ocean island eruptions are much more likely to exhibit SO2 degassing and deformation.
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Why Do Arc Volcanoes Deform Less Than Ocean Island Volcanoes?

by Paul Asimow 15 August 202215 November 2022

Volcanic ground deformation is not simply correlated with erupted volume. Researchers propose that high concentrations of magmatic volatiles make systems more compressible and suppress deformation.

A panoramic image of a tall waterfall in a verdant and lush tropical valley. The waterfall is along the left side of the valley, and trees with bright green, dark green, and yellow leaves fill the valley floor and cover the valley walls. A grayish sky with mist is above the valley.
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Maui Endures More Drought and Drier Streams

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 July 202229 July 2022

Drought continues to threaten Maui’s native land-based and marine ecosystems, water resources, and traditional ways of life. But conservationists have hope—and ways to fight back.

In the humid highlands of San Cristóbal Island, researchers take soil samples from a pit.
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The Galápagos Islands: The Ultimate Outdoor Soil Science Laboratory

by DJ McCauley 28 March 202228 March 2022

A new study has spurred further research into the impacts of soil formation on modern-day problems like heavy metal contamination in agricultural soils.

Ocean thermal energy conversion plant on Kume Island, Japan
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The Century-Old Renewable You’ve Never Heard Of

Mark Betancourt, Freelance Journalist by Mark Betancourt 24 January 202227 March 2023

Ocean thermal energy conversion could power the world’s tropical islands, if it ever gets out of the “innovation valley of death.”

A photograph of a statue on Santorini
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In a Twist, a Greek Volcano Ruled by the Sea

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 2 August 202128 January 2022

Move over Hephaestus, Poseidon’s got this one.

View from the water of lava tubes along the coast of Hawaiʻi near Hualalai volcano
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Deep Submarine Fresh Water: A New Resource for Volcanic Islands?

by E. Attias, S. Constable, B. Taylor and D. Thomas 23 March 202129 September 2021

The discovery of large freshwater reservoirs off Hawaii suggests that other volcanic islands may have similar resources, which could help meet water demands amid population growth and climate change.

Satellite image of the island of Mayotte and its surrounding fringing reef
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New Volcano, Old Caldera

by Alka Tripathy-Lang 15 December 20206 September 2022

Researchers suggest a magma chamber sits within an old submarine caldera structure that extends into the mantle. Nearby, a new underwater volcano emerged with a flurry of seismicity.

Satellite image of ring-shaped Nukuoro Atoll in the Pacific
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Rethinking Darwin’s Theory of Atoll Formation

Lakshmi Supriya, Science Writer by L. Supriya 30 October 202010 November 2021

Atolls have a long and complex history related to seafloor evolution, and Darwin’s model is only the beginning of the story.

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