• Unseasonal high tide floods Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands

    Unseasonal high tide hit the Marshall Islands Majuro Atoll on October 18, 2016, flooding a significant part of Ejit Island and damaging seawalls and buildings. The peak king tide periods in the Marshall Islands is, historically, January and late February, but…

  • History of nuclear weapons testing

    The first nuclear weapon was detonated as a test by the United States at the Trinity site on July 16, 1945, with a yield approximately equivalent to 20kilotons. The first hydrogen bomb, codenamed “Mike”, was tested at the Enewetak atoll in the Marshall