Ocean science fact: Can turtles help us map the ocean?
Seagrass meadows cover just 0.2% of the ocean floor—but they punch far above their weight. These underwater plants support marine biodiversity, improve water quality, and store up to 10% of the ocean’s buried carbon each year.
Ocean Science Fact: Has Earth always been blue?
Think Earth has always been the Blue Planet? Think again. Early in its 4.6-billion-year history, our planet looked nothing like it does today—more orange, gray, or white than blue.
North Pacific doctors strengthen vital statistics through better cause-of-death certification
Medical practitioners across the North Pacific gathered in Guam last week for a hands-on training aimed at one of civil registration’s critical challenges: accurately recording causes of death.
While vital to national planning and pandemic response,…
Managing Coastal Aquifers through Community Based Monitoring in Tuvalu
Tongan farmers upskilled in organic farming and agroecology
The Mahuleva Organic Learning Farm Centre in Tonga recently hosted its first training session for small-scale farmers, focusing on organic farming methods within an agroecological framework. The farmer participants attended a two day training between 8th…
Pacific Women in Health 2024: Meet Catherine from Samoa Ministry of Health
Pacific women are breaking barriers by taking up more roles in science and technology, a field that men predominately occupy. Meet Catherine Fiu the Principle Biomedical Engineer for the Samoa Ministry of Health as she shares her…
Welcome to the 16th Heads of Fisheries Meeting
Meet Ulusapeti Tiitii, Samoa Principal Fisheries Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries
Ulusapeti Tiitii, Principal Fisheries Officer at the Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries in Samoa is attending the Gender & Social Inclusion (GESI) in Pacific Fisheries Symposium in Solomons today.