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Australia's iconic Opera House is lit up with an art installation called Songlines during a festival in 2016. For Aboriginal Australians, songlines are memories of routes through landscapes, which highlight their histories and associations, that have been orally passed on for hundreds of generations.
essay / Unearthed

The Oldest True Stories in the World

Patrick D. Nunn
Evidence gathered in recent years shows that some ancient narratives contain remarkably reliable records of real events.
Fiji’s human history is directly linked to the ebbs and flows of climate change—particularly of sea level rise. Throughout the Pacific Islands, fluctuating environmental conditions resulting from changing sea level have historically resulted in conflict with neighbors.
essay / In Flux

Climate Wars

Patrick D. Nunn
On Fiji’s islands, shifting sea levels have left a tangled legacy of conflict and survival. We should take note.