Why Isn’t This Island Underwater?

4 Responses to Why Isn’t This Island Underwater?

1. Dave N says:

   December 14, 2010 at 3:30 am

   Interesting.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_Atoll

   Apparently hasn’t changed size since 1964, but appears to have not been affected by sea-level rises since then, either. Its “peak” is a whopping 5m above sea-level. Should be serving as a “canary in the coal mine”, much like the Maldives, eh?

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2. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   December 14, 2010 at 4:04 am

   OT

   Dec. 13, 2010, NASA Science

   Video of the hemispheric disruption on the sun August 1, 2010

   http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/13dec_globaleruption/

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFG35YGPegY

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3. Malcolm Kirkpatrick says:

   December 14, 2010 at 12:53 pm

   Abandoned? What a tragedy. The diving around Johnston is beautiful, with coral growth much more lush than around Hawaii. It could have served as a divers’ and pelagic sport fishers’ mecca. The reef fish would be off limits anyway, due to ciguatera. The aerial photo looks the same as when I was there in 1973.

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4. PhilJourdan says:

   December 14, 2010 at 4:24 pm

   They used old WWII Aircraft carriers under it to make sure it floated.

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