This study compiled a wide range of modern and historic geospatial datasets to examine ecological and geomorphic change at Diego Garcia Atoll across a 38-year period (1967–2005). This remarkable collection of spatially referenced information offered an opportunity to advance our understanding of the nature and extent of environmental change that has taken place with the construction of the mili...

A series of surveys were carried out to characterize the physical and biological parameters of the Millennium Atoll lagoon during a research expedition in April of 2009. Millennium is a remote coral atoll in the Central Pacific belonging to the Republic of Kiribati, and a member of the Southern Line Islands chain. The atoll is among the few remaining coral reef ecosystems that are relatively pr...

The kinetics of the reaction of majorite plus ferropericlase to ringwoodite: Implications for mantle upwellings crossing the 660 km discontinuity a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Keywords: 660 km discontinuity reaction kinetics perovskite ringwoodite majorite We have measured the kinetics of reaction between MgO and majoritic garnet at 20 GPa and 1773–2123 K as a proxy for the reaction bet...

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of latanoprost for the prevention of ocular hypertension after neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser posterior capsulotomy. Methods: Fifty six eyes of 56 consecutive patients receiving neodymium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser capsulotomy for posterior capsule opacification were randomized to group 1, who received 1 drop of latanoprost 0.005%, or to group 2, who r...

Disc accreting neutron stars come in two distinct varieties, atolls and Z sources, named after their differently shaped tracks on a colour-colour diagram as the source luminosity changes. Here we present analysis of three transient atoll sources showing that there is an additional branch in the colour-colour diagram of atoll sources which appears at very low luminosities. This new branch connec...

We present results of Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observations of the atoll source 4U 1702−429 in the middle of its luminosity range. Kilohertzrange quasiperiodic oscillations (QPOs) were observed first as a narrow (FWHM ∼7 Hz) peak near 900 Hz, and later as a pair consisting of a narrow peak in the range 625–825 Hz and a faint broad (FWHM 91 Hz) peak. When the two peaks appeared simulta...