The UK’s creation of the world’s largest marine park in the Indian Ocean has been exposed as less of an ecological project than a means to “put paid to resettlement claims of the archipelago’s former...
A 24-year-old man sitting by himself in Sea House Cafe, a popular venue for both locals and tourists above the Hulhumale ferry terminal, was stabbed at midnight on Monday.Police Sub-Inspector Ahmed Sh...
Rising ocean levels brought about by climate change have created a flood of unprecedented legal questions for small island nations and their neighbors, writes Lisa Friedman in the New York Times.
Amon...
A Chinese couple holidaying in the Maldives disappeared from their resort on Saturday after they went for a swim, according to the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF).
The 38 year old woman and 40...
The Maldives may be growing with the rising waters, say a team of six scientists studying the sediments and growth of Maldivian islands.
“We take climate change very seriously,” says Paul Kench, a geo...
Winter season data shows a “significant sea level rise’ for Maldives, according to Professor Weiqing Han, leading author of a study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder USA.
The study combined...
Professor Tim Naish, the lead author of the next international climate change assessment due for release in 2014, is predicting a one metre rise in sea levels over the next 90 years. This will be a do...
A dead man was found dead floating in the sea of Thimarafushi in Thaa Atoll, reported SunFMlive.
The Radio Station identified the man as Isthiyaz Mohamed, 29, of Raastha on Thimarafushi.
Police said t...
Shape-shifting islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean are standing up to the effects of climate change, writes Wendy Zukerman in New Scientist.
For years, people have warned that the smallest nati...
A Bangladeshi man was lost overboard after he fell into the sea around 10:40am this morning, police have said.
Marine police and islanders of Meemu Atoll Muli where the incident occurred are searching...
