Post-Eocene Subsidence of the Marshall Islands Recorded by Drowned Atolls on Harrie and Sylvania Guyots

2013 ◽  
pp. 165-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. O. Schlanger ◽  
J. F. Campbell ◽  
M. W. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Marshall Islands

Republic of the Marshall Islands' forest resources, 2008

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Donnegan ◽  
Steven T. Trimble ◽  
Karness Kusto ◽  
Olaf Kuegler ◽  
Bruce A. Hiserote
Keyword(s):  
Forest Resources ◽  
Marshall Islands

Pastor, Politician, Entrepreneur, Chief: Power and Leadership on Epoon Atoll Today

1969 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-250
Author(s):  
Ola Gunhildrud Berta
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Practices ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Colonial Administration ◽  
Context Dependent ◽  
Gain Access

In analysing the various types of political figures and status positions on Epoon, an outer atoll in the Marshall Islands, this article sheds light on contemporary constitutions of hierarchy, authority and leadership. This leads to an argument about the context-dependent nature of power. No leadership figure on Epoon today is all-powerful in the sense that his or her influence is relevant across all political and cultural spheres. When the historical depictions of Marshallese chiefs are traced in a critical light, it will become clear that earlier ideas of the chiefs as autocratic power figures may have appeared to benefit German colonial administration and Protestant missionaries. Shifting the focus to the dynamics of contemporary leadership practices, the case of an El Salvadorian castaway illuminates the power plays various actors engage in to gain access to his boat. What we will see is that power is highly dependent on context to have effect.

scholarly journals Addressing the challenges of climate-driven community-led resettlement and site expansion: knowledge sharing, storytelling, healing, and collaborative coalition building

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Maldonado ◽  
Itzel Flores Castillo Wang ◽  
Fred Eningowuk ◽  
Lesley Iaukea ◽  
Aranzazu Lascurain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Storm Surges ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Coalition Building ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Adaptive Challenges ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Adaptation Processes ◽  
Climate Events

AbstractPresently coastal areas globally are becoming unviable, with people no longer able to maintain livelihoods and settlements due to, for example, increasing floods, storm surges, coastal erosion, and sea level rise, yet there exist significant policy obstacles and practical and regulatory challenges to community-led and community-wide responses. For many receiving support only at the individual level for relocation or other adaptive responses, individual and community harm is perpetuated through the loss of culture and identity incurred through forced assimilation policies. Often, challenges dealt to frontline communities are founded on centuries of injustices. Can these challenges of both norms and policies be addressed? Can we develop socially, culturally, environmentally, and economically just sustainable adaptation processes that supports community responses, maintenance and evolution of traditions, and rejuvenates regenerative life-supporting ecosystems? This article brings together Indigenous community leaders, knowledge-holders, and allied collaborators from Louisiana, Hawai‘i, Alaska, Borikén/Puerto Rico, and the Marshall Islands, to share their stories and lived experiences of the relocation and other adaptive challenges in their homelands and territories, the obstacles posed by the state or regional governments in community adaptation efforts, ideas for transforming the research paradigm from expecting communities to answer scientific questions to having scientists address community priorities, and the healing processes that communities are employing. The contributors are connected through the Rising Voices Center for Indigenous and Earth Sciences, which brings together Indigenous, tribal, and community leaders, atmospheric, social, biological, and ecological scientists, students, educators, and other experts, and facilitates intercultural, relational-based approaches for understanding and adapting to extreme weather and climate events, climate variability, and climate change.

scholarly journals The Vulnerability of Health Infrastructure to the Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Small Island Countries in the South Pacific

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 117863292110208
Author(s):  
Subhashni Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
World Health ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Medical Facilities ◽  
Medical Infrastructure

Anthropogenic climate change and related sea level rise will have a range of impacts on populations, particularly in the low lying Pacific island countries (PICs). One of these impacts will be on the health and well-being of people in these nations. In such cases, access to medical facilities is important. This research looks at the medical facilities currently located on 14 PICs and how climate change related impacts such as sea level rise may affect these facilities. The medical infrastructure in each country were located using information from a range of sources such as Ministry of Health (MoH) websites, World Health Organization, Doctors Assisting in South Pacific Islands (DAISI), Commonwealth Health Online, and Google Maps. A spatial analysis was undertaken to identify medical infrastructure located within 4 zones from the coastline of each country: 0 to 50 m, 50 to 100 m, 100 to 200 m, and 200 to 500 m. The findings indicate that 62% of all assessed medical facilities in the 14 PICs are located within 500 m of the coast. The low-lying coral atoll countries of Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Tokelau, and Tuvalu will be highly affected as all medical facilities in these countries fall within 500 m of the coast. The results provide a baseline analysis of the threats posed by sea-level rise to existing critical medical infrastructure in the 14 PICs and could be useful for adaptive planning. These countries have limited financial and technical resources which will make adaptation challenging.

scholarly journals Paleomagnetic investigation of seamounts in the vicinity of Ogasawara Fracture Zone northwest of the Marshall Islands, western Pacific

2003 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 355-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Gook Lee ◽  
Sang-Mook Lee ◽  
Jae-Woon Moon ◽  
Kiehwa Lee
Keyword(s):  
Fracture Zone ◽  
Marshall Islands ◽  
Western Pacific

Carapus homei (Richardson) in a Sea Cucumber from the Marshall Islands

Copeia ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 1960 (3) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelshaw Bonham
Keyword(s):  
Sea Cucumber ◽  
Marshall Islands
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