Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday.

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The second is Tahiti & the Tuamotu Islands, a 13- or 14-day trip that visits the remote Tuamotus and the Society Islands. It includes longer and overnight stays in the heart of Polynesia.

Clouds may gather over a volcanic peak. And sailors in the Solomon Islands' Vaeakau-Taumako region report underwater streaks of light known as te lapa, which they say point toward distant islands.

Certain birds that nest on land and fish at sea are also helpful. In early morning, one assumes they’re flying from the island; in late afternoon, they’re likely returning to their nesting spots.

Navigators sometimes recognize a greenish tint to the sky above a not-yet-visible island. Clouds may gather over a volcanic peak. And sailors in the Solomon Islands' Vaeakau-Taumako region report ...

It was May 1972, and I was three months into doctoral research on one of the world's most remote islands. Anuta is the easternmost populated outpost in the Solomon Islands . It is a half-mile in ...

Clouds may gather over a volcanic peak. And sailors in the Solomon Islands' Vaeakau-Taumako region report underwater streaks of light known as te lapa, which they say point toward distant islands.