As part of the new designation the U.S. will establish diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands and Niue, a nearby island in the South Pacific Ocean near ... as sovereign nations by the U.S ...

and ocean currents, UN officials said. Highlighting seas that are rising at an accelerating rate, especially in the far more vulnerable Pacific island nations, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio ...

“Predictions are that within 50 to 100 years, low-lying islands like Tuvalu could be fully submerged by ocean ... six Pacific island states and a growing number of Caribbean nations known ...

A couple on a motorbike pass through the narrowest point of Fongafale Island in the Funafuti atoll, part of the island nation Tuvalu. The Pacific Ocean is ... Island nations like Tuvalu are ...

Hearings in the case opened on Monday at the request of nine Pacific and Caribbean island nations that have joined ... weeks we have witnessed the highest ocean temperatures on record.” ...

Citizenship of Nauru, an island nation spanning just 8 square miles in the southwest Pacific Ocean, can be yours for ... as high risk by the United Nations, including Russia and North Korea.

Kiribati, an island nation consisting of 32 atolls in the Pacific Ocean ... of land in the middle of the ocean. (Photo by Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images) The International Date ...