How Important Is The Midway Atoll, America's Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier?
The title of this article refers to Midway Atoll as an "Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier," but as many know, Midway isn't a ship — ...
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Plastic Island
Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity yawns out in front of you when you stand on the pale sands of this tiny Pacific island. Midway Atoll is just about the ...
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Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
When Kuaihelani – or Midway Atoll – was a naval base, rodenticide was likely applied in and around buildings and residences. The rat eradication in 1996 was another exposure.
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Lessons from the Battle of Midway
Just six months after the catastrophic Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. crushed the Imperial Japanese Navy off Midway Island (about 1,300 miles northwest of Honolulu), sinking ...
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‘The queen of seabirds’ has a new chick — in her 70s. See the adorable video
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross sometimes called the “the queen of seabirds,” has a new chick, Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge announced in a Feb. 6 post on Facebook. Wisdom’s ...
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Albatross that ‘miraculously’ survived a tsunami has a new chick. See them together
Wild birds are shown at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Photo from Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge's Facebook post A wild bird that “miraculously” survived a tsunami in ...