The sea wall needs constant repair and this costs the Maldives money which they have to raise from residents and tourists in the form of taxation. Image caption, Notice the huge concrete sea belt ...

The Maldives’ breathtaking beauty is marred by its precariousness. Just a few feet of sea-level rise could turn these islands from luxurious getaways to scattered sandy memories. The current ...

Surrounded by crystal-clear waters teeming with an incredibly diverse marine life and extensive coral reefs, the 26 atolls of the Maldives easily lay claim to being one of the world’s best scuba ...

Sculptural elements – such as walls with undulating ... have been fashioned out of sea glass and textural pillows – echo the natural world that makes the Maldives so spectacular.