Shortly after the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo in April of 1942, the Japanese began planning for a decisive battle in the vicinity of Midway, to take place in June. The Coral Sea operation in May was ...

The Chinese naval drills in the waters between Australia and New Zealand have prompted airlines to divert flights.

Nevertheless the Romans called it the Sea in the Middle of the Land, as if there were no other lands, no other seas: the Mediterranean. There, for many weeks, a battle has been fought which in ...

Don Harris went ashore on Iwo Jima, where he and his fellow Marines faced one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War.

BOTANISTS have found a stand of rare trees in Zanzibar not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. The intsia trees ...

Editor’s note: Feb. 19, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Iwo Jima ... was the home of the largest coral atoll in the world, with the island covered in dense ...

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94°E–130°E), the Coral Sea (4°S–26°S, 142°E–174°E) and the Tasman Sea (26°S–46°S, 150°E–174°E). These regions are the same as those used to provide timeseries on these pages. Trend maps are provided ...

Forecast (prognostic) maps are also available. These indicate how the weather ... Moist, easterly flow from the Coral Sea onto the Queensland coast causes very warm, humid and sultry weather east of ...

The voyages include an overnight stay in Moorea, which boasts a postcard-perfect backdrop with lush, soaring mountains rising from the sea. During the visit to Bora ... lagoons surrounded by vibrant ...