Marshall Islands

 The Marshall Islands are made up of an archipelago of islands that sit not that far from the current sea level, as evidenced by this photo of the Jaluit Atoll Lagoon.

Documentary chronicles climate change through three children growing up in the Marshall Islands

The documentary is called "The Last Generation.” Facing rising sea levels that could one day submerge their entire country, the three children from the Marshall Islands featured in the project hope their people will live through any calamities caused by climate change.

Documentary chronicles climate change through three children growing up in the Marshall Islands
Runit dome

Seawater is infiltrating a nuclear waste dump on a remote Pacific atoll

Seawater is infiltrating a nuclear waste dump on a remote Pacific atoll
The Kakadu National Park uranium mining area.

To make and maintain America's nukes, some communities pay the price

To make and maintain America's nukes, some communities pay the price
Burial grounds in Majuro.

Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands

Rising seas are washing away graves in the Marshall Islands
black and white photo of man and woman in wheelchair in front of house

An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care

An arcane law is preventing immigrants impacted by America’s nuclear testing from accessing health care
A gathering of Marshallese immigrants in Springdale, AR

The proud Pacific nation that preserves its homeland with the Bikini Anthem

The Bikini Anthem preserves the history of the Marshall Islands, which gained independence on May 1, 1979.

The proud Pacific nation that preserves its homeland with the Bikini Anthem
Child looks at camera while sucking thumb

In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here’s how one district gets around it.

Mentors and liaisons in Springdale are determined to help Marshallese students preserve their language and culture, despite state law. And they hope their programs can grow.

In Arkansas, schools are supposed to teach in English. Here’s how one district gets around it.
This image shows Baker, the second of the two atomic bomb tests

70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation

The Marshall Islands were the site of some of the first nuclear tests conducted by the US. Now 70 years on, though, many residents are still awaiting promised compensation.

70 years after the first bomb was dropped on their homes, some Bikini islanders are still awaiting compensation
A big screen above a high school graduation ceremony in a stadium

Most high schoolers worry about graduation. These students are also being challenged to save their culture

As the Marshall Islands face the threat of rising sea levels, some 2,000 Marshallese American students in Arkansas are feeling a different kind of pressure.

Most high schoolers worry about graduation. These students are also being challenged to save their culture
Ocean waves hit perilously close to a house in Majuro. Marshall Islands.

'I'm fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change'

The Marshall Islands are imperiled by climate change. And it's not some theoretical future problem. It's a now problem.

'I'm fighting for the survival of my country in the battle against climate change'
The US Department of Energy’s laboratory in Enewetak houses a full-body counter to detect levels of cesium ingested by individuals. It was out of service when we arrived on the atoll.

Stories from quarantine: Reporters tested for radiation in the Marshall Islands

This is what happens when you visit parts of the Pacific islands where the US conducted 67 nuclear tests from 1948 to 1958, exploding the equivalent of 1.6 Hiroshima bombs every day for more than a decade.

Stories from quarantine: Reporters tested for radiation in the Marshall Islands
The World

The UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation

Leaders from all over the world have gathered in New York to attend the UN Climate Summit. The first thing they heard was an impassioned poem from a mother and activist from the Marshall Islands, a tiny nation in the Pacific that may no longer exists if climate change isn't halted.

The UN climate summit opens with a voice from an endangered nation
An abandoned house next to a small lagoon on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati in 2013. Nations like Kiribati and the Marshall Islands may disappear due to climate change.

In Pacific island nations, there's nowhere left to run from climate change

As world leaders discuss future steps against climate change, some nations say they simply don't have time to wait. Many, like the Marshall Islands, are Pacific island nations whose citizens are already fleeing rising waters and disappearing homes.

In Pacific island nations, there's nowhere left to run from climate change

In Ukraine, telling the sides apart isn't always easy

Ukraine continues to try and find a way out of its political confrontation, but on Friday, police blundered into more trouble. They attacked a bus full of pro-government activists, mistaking them for the anti-government kind. Plus, an historic fireplace was discovered in Israel and, in the Pacific, a man comes ashore after spending, he says, 16 months at sea, in today's Global Scan.

In Ukraine, telling the sides apart isn't always easy

United Nations votes to accept Palestine as nonmember observer

Palestinians scored a diplomatic victory on Thursday when the United Nations General Assembly granted their request for nonmember observer status, rejecting a call from Israel and the United States to put that off until Israel and the Palestinians reach a permanent peace agreement.

United Nations votes to accept Palestine as nonmember observer