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10 Documentaries on the Science, Politics and Impact of Our Changing Climate
PBS Frontline
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May 22, 2025
In the FRONTLINE documentary Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages, residents of a coastal Alaska Native community called Hooper Bay confront a dilemma. Their way of life relies in part on harvesting food directly from the sea. But as the documentary...
AIR Marshall Islands to buy Cessna SkyCourier aircraft from Textron Aviation
Airport Technology
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November 22, 2024
Textron Aviationmarsha has secured a two-aircraft purchase agreement with AIR Marshall Islands for the Cessna SkyCourier. The twin-engine, large-utility turboprop will be utilised for passenger transport across the Pacfic state. AIR Marshall...
A ‘Google maps for the sea’, sails and alternative fuels: the technologies steering shipping towards lower emissions
ZME Science
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April 16, 2025
Image via Unsplash. Ships transport around 80% of the world’s cargo. From your food, to your car to your phone, chances are it got to you by sea. The vast majority of the world’s container ships burn fossil fuels, which is why 3% of global...
Deadly threat of unexploded bombs in the Pacific persists 80 years on
Independent Australia
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Eighty years after WWII, Solomon Islanders face the ongoing threat of death and injury from hidden, unexploded bombs, writes Catherine Wilson. THIS YEAR is the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, but in some countries, the trail...
As navigators, it’s in our blood to know when tide is turning, Marshall Islands...
Pacific News Service
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The voice of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), a nation of coral atolls only two metres above sea level at its highest point, has reverberated at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on...
As navigators, it’s in our blood to know when tide is turning, Marshall Islands at COP29
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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November 14, 2024
The voice of the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI), a nation of coral atolls only two metres above sea level at its highest point, has reverberated at the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on...
US Academic Takes Reins On Pacific Housing Research
Scoop
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Indigenous Hawaiian architect and academic Dr James Miller will soon cross the globe to start a new role at the University of Auckland. Miller left a role as associate professor at Western Washington University to start at MĀPIHI – Māori and...
UN expert calls for action as Marshall Islands faces dual displacement…
Pacific News Service
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An independent UN expert on Thursday called on the international community to fulfill its “urgent moral obligation” to support the Marshall Islands in addressing displacement challenges stemming from the impacts of historical nuclear testing and...
UN Expert Calls For Action As Marshall Islands Faces Dual Displacement Crisis
Scoop
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Friday, 1 November 2024, 8:27 am Press Release: UN News 31 October 2024 The appeal from Paula Gaviria Betancur, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, comes as the Pacific nation grapples with generational...
What will happen to the legal status of ‘sinking’ nations when their land is gone?
The Conversation
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August 28, 2025
Small island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Maldives and Marshall Islands are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Rising seas, stronger storms, freshwater shortages and damaged infrastructure all threaten their ability to support...
How to watch Australia v Argentina: Live streams, TV details for today’s Rugby Championship clash
Rugby World
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September 12, 2025
Watch Australia v Argentina live streams, as the southern hemisphere giants meet for the second time in the Rugby Championship 2025 at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney. – Date: Saturday 13 September, 2025 – Kick-off time: 5.00am BST / 12.00am ET /...
Veterans For Peace urges ongoing opposition to nuclear weapons
The Fig Tree
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Veterans For Peace opposes nuclear weapons Michael McPhearson spoke about his opposition to all war. Opening his talk to more than 100 gathered Aug. 9 in Spokane to commemorate the 80th year since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and...
UN rights council examines nuclear legacy consequences in Marshall Islands
UN News
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October 4, 2024
Research conducted by the UN human rights office, OHCHR, revealed that 67 nuclear tests performed between 1946 and 1958 by the United States Government in the Marshall Islands left communities displaced and contributed to radioactive land and sea...
A ‘Google maps for the sea’, sails and alternative fuels: the technologies steering shipping towards lower emissions – podcast
The Conversation
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March 27, 2025
Ships transport around 80% of the world’s cargo. From your food, to your car to your phone, chances are it got to you by sea. The vast majority of the world’s container ships burn fossil fuels, which is why 3% of global emissions come from...
Pherousa Receives AiP from ABS and DNV for Ammonia Cracking Technology
Offshore Source - Florida
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Pherousa and its partners are developing Ammonia Cracking technology that could make the transition to fossil-free and zero-emission propulsion within the maritime short- to deep-sea transport sectors a reality. Unlike conventional fuels, ammonia...
'Lessons of nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands are lessons for the world' - UNOHCHR
RNZ
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October 7, 2024
A file photo from July 2014 shows an atomic bomb explosion in Bikini Atoll. Photo: STF / AFP The UN Human Rights Council has held a dialogue meeting to examine the nuclear testing legacy in the Marshall Islands. UN News reports that OHCHR has...
Heine: 80 years of contamination from nuke tests and Marshall Islands has not received an apology
The Pacific Island Times
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October 2, 2024
Hilda Heine/Photo courtesy of RMI government Marshall Islands President Dr. Hilda C. Heine brought an urgent appeal to the Human Rights Council in Geneva to highlight the profound human rights challenges endured by the Marshallese for nearly 80...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 29 – September 4, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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September 5, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Pacific studies axed in Pentagon research cuts
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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March 21, 2025
Steven Mana‘oakamai Johnson, a Cornell University professor who grew up on Saipan, has devoted his life to studying the ocean and how people in the Pacific depend on the fish in it to feed themselves and support their economies. Lately he’s been...
UN report highlights scars of U.S nuclear testing in Marshall Islands
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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September 26, 2024
The United States must consider a formal apology and full reparation to Marshall Islands citizens whose human rights have been violated by the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, UN rights experts said in a new report. Between 1946-58, the...