Ancient Temperature Triggers Reveal How It All Began It demonstrates that the onset of reef growth on the outer shelf was ...

Since 2012, the Army Corps of Engineers has pumped nearly 18 million cubic yards of sand up onto LBI, equal to 111,000 acres at a cost of $375 million. The island is a new phenomenon, formed in the ...

Sapelo Island’s core consists of five separate barrier islands corresponding to five Heinrich events, H5–H1. During the present interglacial rise of the sea, Holocene barriers (H0) were attached to ...

A dramatic transformation is taking place in the South Pacific, where a newly formed volcanic island is emerging from the ocean. Located in Tonga’s Home Reef, this growing landmass is the result of a ...

An island created by the eruption of a mud volcano in the Caspian Sea is finally going the way of the dodo, based on satellite images of the structure. The island formed in early 2023, when a mud ...

An undersea volcano erupted off Japan three weeks ago, providing a rare view of the birth of a tiny new island, but one expert said it "may not last very long" if volcanic activity stops. The unnamed ...