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Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Marshall Islands
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During World War II, the Marshall Islands were seen as a strategic location for Japan to base attacks elsewhere in the Pacific. The US gained control of the Islands in 1944. Between 1946 and 1958, the US conducted 67 nuclear tests on, in, and above the atolls and islands, contaminating the environment with radioactive fallout and displacing Indigenous Marshallese Islanders. Bikini Atoll, now a World Heritage Site, is still not environmentally safe for permanent residence.
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The World War II Facilities at Midway are recognized for the historic role they played in a crucial World War II battle in the Pacific Theater of operations. Midway is a coral atoll six miles in diameter with three islands--Sand, Eastern and Spit. The atoll's name is said to come from its location, midway between San Francisco and Tokyo.
Arctic Inventory & Monitoring Network
How beavers are changing Arctic pond and stream microbiology
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Read the abstract and get the link to read a paper about how beavers are shaping aquatic microbiology in the Arctic: Shannon, K. C., N. R. Christman, B. C. Crump, M. P. Carey, J. Koch, L. L. Lapham, J. A. O'Donnell, B. A. Poulin, K. D. Tape, J. A. Clark, and F. S. Colwell. 2023. Comparing sediment microbial communities of Arctic beaver ponds ato tundra lakes and streams. JGR Biogeosciences 128(8): e2023JG007408.
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Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument is located in one of the Northern Pacific Ocean’s most isolated island archipelagos. Covering 139,797 square miles of tumultuous seas, craggy basaltic islets and low coral atolls, this World Heritage Site contains a world of superlatives.
American Battlefield Protection Program
Uncovering WWII Shipwrecks in Chuuk Lagoon
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The NPS's American Battlefield Protection Program awarded a 2021 Preservation Planning Grant to the University of Guam. The university plans to further document the remnants of World War II shipwrecks in the Chuuk Lagoon and shed light on how the conflict between the US and Japan impacted the Chuukese.
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Truk Lagoon served as an important and formidable Japanese advance naval base during World War II, and today contains the remains of numerous sea vessels from this period. A devastating U.S. Navy carrier strike on Truk Lagoon in 1944 demonstrated American aerial superiority in the Pacific Theater. From July 1942 to February 1944, Japan's Combined Fleet operated out of Truk, extending its power into the Southeast and Southern Pacific.