The Reef Islands are a loose collection of 16 islands in the in Temotu Province, in the independent nation of Solomon Islands. These islands have historically also been known by the names of Swallow Islands and Matema Islands. The islands lie about 80 km (50 mi) north of Nendo, the largest of the Santa Cruz Islands.

1 天前 · Without the coral reefs, the height of the wave is increased, and its impact is harsher.” Islands that experienced accretion, or an overall growth in their planform areas, is likely due to sediment redistribution from the changing wave dynamics, said Mani. The sediment is generated from dead coral reefs in these islands.

2023年1月31日 · Global environmental change is identified as a driver of physical transformation of coral reef islands over the past half-century, and next 100 years, posing major adaptation challenges to...

The Reef Islands Initiative was launched in 2018 as the largest reef habitat rehabilitation project of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere – bringing together Traditional Owners, scientists, local tourism leaders, governments and the community to protect and restore critical habitats.

Coral reef islands are low-lying, wave-deposited sedimentary landforms. Using an eco-morphodynamic framework, this review examines the sensitivity of islands to climatic and environmental change. Reef island formation and morphological dynamics are directly controlled by nearshore wave processes and ecologically mediated sediment supply.

Reef Island (Arabic: جزيرة الريف) is an artificial island in the archipelago of Bahrain. It has a distance of 2 km (1.2 mi) north of downtown Manama, on Bahrain Island.

2017年5月28日 · Since the earliest detailed observations of reef islands there has been abundant evidence that reef islands are dynamic landforms (Umbgrove, 1929; Verstappen, 1954; Stoddart, 1965; Hopley, 1978) that are able to adjust their position, shape and size on reef surfaces. In recent decades the international concern over island stability in the ...

The Spratly Islands are a group of over 100 small islands, reefs and atolls located in the South China Sea.They are the subject of a territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. At the time of the incident, both China and Vietnam claimed ownership of the entire island group. The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) is a UNESCO body ...

Islands and their connected reefs play a crucial role as habitat refuges for the thousands of species that live and thrive on the Great Barrier Reef. Likened to climate change arks, Reef islands provide a safe home for wildlife to rest, feed, shelter and breed.

The Reef Islands are a series of atolls raised some five metres on the east and tilted west. Fenualoa is to the west, a long island, seven kilometres by one kilometre at its widest point, which faces into the Great Lagoon extending some thirty kilometres to the west.