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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Consortium is made up of six island nations, commonwealths or territories: American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia (including Chuuk and Pohnpei), Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. Not quite ready for students, yet!

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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. Donna noted a big decrease in the number of people on Weno island in Chuuk, and this was attributed to the cost of fuel reducing the practicality of coming into the big city by motor-boat.

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This is what your life will be like when the world hits a dangerous climate tipping point

Fast Company Tech

The Arctic is predicted to be practically ice-free during summertime. For many low-lying island nations , the challenge of higher seas and more intense tropical storms will be existential. In India, the most populated country in the world, some 600 million people will feel unprecedented heat outside this niche.

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