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One of the most-cited empirical achievements of indigenous peoples is the ability of Polynesians, Melanesians, and Micronesians to navigate their way across vast, unmarked expanses of the Pacific Ocean to get to small, uninhabited islands. How did they do it? And, regardless of their navigational methods, how many attempted voyages failed, with the navigators and…

Polynesian navigation and Indigenous “ways of knowing”

A 25-year look back at the first global water projections for 2025 finds withdrawals and water stress badly overestimated, the global rainfall signal still undetected, and calls the projections well aligned with observations. The post Grade Expectations. Review of 1990s Water Projections for 2025 Finds Withdrawals Overestimated and Calls the Results Well Aligned appeared first…

Grade Expectations. Review of 1990s Water Projections for 2025 Finds Withdrawals Overestimated and Calls the Results Well Aligned