from California to the atolls
of the equatorial Pacific

from Tarawa atoll in the equatorial
Pacific to Hawaii and America
 

VOYAGE WITH OUR
MARITIME PROGRAM


R/V MARTIN VITOUSEK
180' Maritime Research Ship

VISIT AND LEARN AT OUR
PLANNED FIELD STATIONS
on Tabuaeran (Fanning) Atoll


CABLE STATION
Planned Phase I Field Station



EMPYREAN VILLAGE INN
Planned Phase II Field Station

ü CLICK to read the 2005 SEAFRAME report on the 6 mm annual sea level rise in Kiribati (1.5 mb)
ü CLICK to download a 24-minute underwater documentary (2000): "Kiribati - Paradise Found" (66 mb)
ü CLICK to watch the ABC WORLD NEWS report on April 2, 2007: "Kiribati - The Disappearing Nation"
ü CLICK to watch the BBC NEWS report on January 22, 2008: Tuvalu Struggle to hold back tide
ü CLICK to read: "Atolls Submerging due to Sea Level Rise: A Mandate for the Atoll Institute" (0.5 mb)
 

Nabari Islet road heading south from the Cable Station on Tabuaeran (Fanning) Atoll (Dec 3/06).

This lagoon road, which is roughly 1 foot in elevation and typical of perhaps
75% of the dry land, will be under water in less than 50 years at the present
sea level rise of over 1/4" (6.6 mm) per year, with the attendant loss of its
habitat for the islanders, flora and fauna, unless a pilot sustainable dredging
program is implemented soon, and without undue environmental impacts.