The future of low‐lying reef islands has been the subject of international concern, scientific
debate, and media interest in the last decade. As a result of sea‐level rise, atoll islands are …

Low-lying reef islands on the rim of atolls are perceived as particularly vulnerable to the
impacts of sea-level rise. Three effects are inferred: erosion of the shoreline, inundation of …

The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing
environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas, they are of enormous importance to …

Low-lying atoll islands are widely perceived to erode in response to measured and future
sea-level rise. Using historical aerial photography and satellite images this study presents …

Wotje Atoll is located at 9° 25′ N and 170° 04′ E within the Republic of the Marshall
Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. As on other atolls, the islands perched along the rim of …

This paper explores the risks that climate change poses to food security in the islands of the
South Pacific. It shows that climate change will adversely affect food systems in the region …

Coral reef islands are among the most vulnerable environments on Earth to climate change
because they are low lying and largely constructed from unconsolidated sediments that can …

The geological stability and existence of low-lying atoll nations is threatened by sea-level
rise and climate change. Funafuti Atoll, in the tropical Pacific Ocean, has experienced some …

Abstract FORD, M., 2012. Shoreline changes on an urban atoll in the central Pacific Ocean:
Majuro atoll, Marshall Islands. Majuro is the capital and most populated atoll in the Republic …

Reef islands are unique landforms composed entirely of sediment produced on the
surrounding coral reefs. Despite the fundamental importance of these ecological …