The Maldives is an archipelago that is ... the Palm Jumeirah opened in 2008. The island looks like a palm tree from above and its “trunk” measures 600m across and juts out 4km into the Gulf.

The Maldives is synonymous with island luxury. Accommodations in the ... each with its own plunge pool and private deck. The villas sit above turquoise waters, with unrestricted access to the ...

A nearly seamless meeting of land and sea, peeking up like an illusion above the violent oceanic ... of them recently converged in the Maldives, on an island they’d spend weeks outfitting ...

Re-claiming land and creating new islands is an established practise in the Maldives, typically built two metres above sea level. The researchers suggest building higher islands up to six metres ...

Sea walls will ensure risk areas can be "categorized as a safe island", he said. But 80 percent of the Maldives is less than a meter (three feet) above sea level. And while fortress-like walls ...

The white sandy beaches of honeymoon destination the Maldives will have to ... Most of the islands are less than three feet above sea level. They could be submerged by 2100.

The map locates the Maldives, islands off the southwest coast of India ... most of which is just a meter or two above sea level. But that catastrophe is thought to be a century or more away.

In another field experiment, a floating garden was installed above a sand bank ... with his students in the Maldives to better understand and model how island shorelines change.

Many island resorts in the Maldives have a dedicated spa ... The majority of the resorts listed above give guests bikes for ...

All 50 are set on stilts above a cerulean slice of the Indian ... location in the pristine Gaafu Alifu Atoll. The island is huge (by Maldives' standards) at two kilometres long, which means ...