Telecommunication officials in Honiara for AGM, Expo

Executives, members, and associate members of the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) have converged in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the Association’s 29th Annual General Meeting, Annual Business Forum, and Expo 2025. More than...

PITA DELEGATES GATHER IN HONIARA FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND EXPO 2025

Executives, members, and associate members of the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA) have converged in Honiara, Solomon Islands, for the Association’s 29th Annual General Meeting, Annual Business Forum, and Expo 2025. More than...

Don’t lose sight of 1.5 world, Solomon Islands reminds ‘finance COP’

The Solomon Islands has welcomed the focus of COP29 on climate finance. However, the COP Presidency and parties have been reminded not to lose sight of the need to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. “Our survival and the health of our...

New Discovery: Largest Coral In The World Found In The Solomon Islands

Honiara, Solomon Islands (November 14, 2024) — A group of scientists working aboard a research vessel in the southwest Pacific Ocean has discovered the world’s largest coral. Measuring 34 meters wide, 32 meters long and 5.5 meters high, with a...

World’s largest coral found near the Solomon Islands

Scientists yesterday said they have found the world’s largest coral near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands, announcing a major discovery “pulsing with life and color.” The coral is so immense that researchers sailing the crystal waters of the Solomon...

Ahanga wharf project makes progress 

Following completion of the geo-technical survey required to determine underground conditions and the suitable pile-driving method for the Ahanga wharf project in Rennell Bellona Province, the contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction...

World’s largest coral discovered in Pacific near Solomon Islands

Scientists have found the largest coral in the world near the remote Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, a gigantic organism that can be seen from space. The “mega coral” is 32 metres (105 feet) long and 34 metres (111 feet) wide and is believed...

World’s largest Coral discovered in Solomon Islands, over 300 years old

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest recorded coral in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, a massive coral over 300 years old, larger than a blue whale. This coral was found by a National Geographic team in the depths of the Solomon Islands....

Philippines pioneers coral larvae cryobank to protect threatened reefs

Known as the “Amazon of the seas”, the Coral Triangle is a 5.7 million sq. km expanse across the tropical waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste — and the richest marine ecosystem on the...

Countering foreign influence on elections and democracy requires more—not less—research

The closure of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference office, combined with cutting other measures that study foreign influence operations, can leave the United States in the dark about what is happening...

World’s largest coral reef discovered off the Solomon Islands

On Thursday, as a National Geographic expedition was exploring the waters around the Solomon Islands, its members spotted something that looked like a shipwreck underwater. Intrigued, they sent a diver down to investigate. The diver came back to...

New discovery: largest coral in the world found in the Solomon Island

Visible from space, the mega coral is three times larger than the previous record-breaker, is believed to be about 300 years old, storing a record of ocean conditions from past centuries Honiara, Solomon Islands (November 14, 2024) — A group of...

World's largest coral discovered in Solomon Islands

Pristine Seas scientists conduct observations of the massive coral. Photo: National Geographic / Manu San Felix The world's largest known coral has been discovered in the Solomon Islands to the surprise of locals. The mega-coral measures 34 metres...

World's largest coral reef discovered in Solomon Islands

Pristine Seas scientists conduct observations of the massive coral. Photo: National Geographic / Manu San Felix The world's largest known coral reef has been discovered in the Solomon Islands to the surprise of locals. The mega-coral measures 34...

Largest Known Coral Colony Discovered Near Solomon Islands

The largest known coral colony in the world has been found in the southwest Pacific, near the Solomon Islands. Visible from space, the “mega coral” — a collection of tiny coral polyps forming one organism — could be over three centuries old,...

Discovery of 300-year old mega coral in Solomon Islands stuns scientists

A massive coral, measuring 34 meters wide and visible from space, has been discovered by scientists in the southwest Pacific Ocean, off the Solomon Islands’ Three Sisters Islands. The mega coral, roughly the size of two basketball courts, was...

National Geographic Scientists Discover 'World's Largest' Coral on Expedition to Solomon Islands

The coral measures 34 metres wide, 32 metres in diameter and 5.5 metres high, which is about the size of five tennis courts. Scientists say they have discovered the world's largest coral — measuring longer than a blue whale — on an expedition in...

You could see it from space: Ecologists discover world’s biggest coral near Solomon Islands

SYDNEY, Nov 14 — Scientists say they have found the world’s largest coral near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery “pulsing with life and colour”. The coral is so immense that researchers sailing the crystal waters...

World's largest coral found near Solomon Islands: Scientists

This handout photo taken by National Geographic Pristine Seas on October 24, 2024, and released on November 14, shows divers swimming over the world’s largest coral located near the Pacific’s Solomon Islands. | Photo Credit: AFP Scientists say...

World’s largest coral colony discovered in Solomon Islands

A diver swims over the world’s largest coral in the Solomon Islands (Photo: Manu San Félix, National Geographic Pristine Seas) By Mark 'Crowley' Russell The world’s largest single coral colony so far recorded has been discovered in the Solomon...