Archive for the ‘Tuvalu’ Category

Google Will Run Internet Cables To Pacific Islands
October 25th, 2023

Via Australia’s Financial Review, a report that Google signed a $102m Aussie-US deal to run internet cables to Pacific islands: Alphabet’s Google will run undersea cables powering internet access to at least eight Pacific island nations under a joint US-Australian deal set to be announced on Wednesday, according to a US official. The deal will […]

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Tuvalu: Planning For Its Own Disappearance
October 16th, 2023

Via The Economist, an article on Tuvalu, a nation at grave risk of climate change: For over three decades the Pacific island country of Tuvalu has implored industrialised countries to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions. For over three decades global temperatures have ticked up. Tuvalu’s government warns that its territory could slip underwater by the end […]

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