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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

It's great to go to completely different places, spending time learning about history, politics, issues and culture from new perspectives. The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. I also learned about traditional drugs that have important cultural overtones.

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

Fast Company Tech

These are some of the changes that are most likely, and their potential trickle-down effects. Thanks to the urban heat island effect, cities will be especially hot. The effect will be more extreme in areas that already have higher-than-average sea levels, such as the U.S.

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Greenlanders unite against Trump as they seek independence from Denmark

Fast Company Tech

most days and gets to work knitting thick wool sweaters coveted by buyers around the world for their warmth and colorful patterns celebrating Greenland’s traditional Inuit culture. “We’re just getting our culture back because of colonialism.” ” A model in the Marshall Islands?

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