Islands

mapress.com·há 17 dias

Amara (Zezea) yizhu sp. nov., a hidden gem from sky islands of Hengduan Mountains Region, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Zabrini)

A new species, Amara (Zezea) yizhu sp. nov., is described from northwestern Yunnan. Its type locality, Mount Niaodiao (Eryuan, Dali, Yunnan), represents a typical “sky island” within the Hengduan Moun

nl.mashable.com·há 24 dias

The Numbers Coming Out of This Overlooked Island Are Outpacing the Caribbean

Direct visitor spending for 2025 was estimated at EC$405.5 million Byline: Sheng Alferez Start with a number that does not fit the reputation. In 2025, Dominica recorded 488,091 total passenger arriva

uselessdaily.com·há 4 meses

15 Weird Facts About Greek Islands You Probably Didn’t Know

Greece has 6,000 islands and islets. Only 227 are inhabited. That alone is a strange ratio, but the weirdness goes much deeper than arithmetic. Below are fifteen facts that travel brochures almost nev

gfx.hatenablog.com·há 7 meses

個人で静的型付け言語のコンパイラをフルスクラッチで作れる時代が来た！ - Islands in the byte stream

今年に入ってからふと思いつきで新しいプログラミング言語 "Wado" (ワドゥ）を設計しつつagentic codingで実装したところ、なんと3週間ほどで基礎的なところができちゃいました。実装的にはまだ本当に基礎的なところで、B-Tree Mapを実装できる程度です*1。 github.com このWadoは、2026年1月3日にinitial commitが行われました。それから一ヶ月も経って

humanitariansea.hypotheses.org·há 7 meses

Pacific “sinking states”, rescue, and sovereignty

Tuvalu (© UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji) By Ghozaly Amna, B.Sc As entire states face potential disappearance, rising seas threaten the Pacific Islands with a sovereignty crisis that is unprecedented in

humanitariansea.hypotheses.org·há 7 meses

Category: climate change

Tuvalu (© UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji) As entire states face potential disappearance, rising seas threaten the Pacific Islands with a sovereignty crisis that is unprecedented in international law. Wh

humanitariansea.hypotheses.org·há 7 meses

Category: United Kingdom

Bibby Stockholm in Falmouth Docks, 2023 (By Ashley Smith, CC-BY-SA-4.0) Imagine spending seven years trying to reach safety, from Sudan, Libya, France, facing rejection, and dead-ends – only to be pl

humanitariansea.hypotheses.org·há 8 meses

Category: human trafficking

This article examines recent Italian migration policies through two emblematic cases: Maysoon Majidi, a Kurdish activist prosecuted for facilitating irregular entry after arriving by boat, and Osama A

Amara (Zezea) yizhu sp. nov., a hidden gem from sky islands of Hengduan Mountains Region, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Zabrini)

The Numbers Coming Out of This Overlooked Island Are Outpacing the Caribbean

15 Weird Facts About Greek Islands You Probably Didn&#8217;t Know

個人で静的型付け言語のコンパイラをフルスクラッチで作れる時代が来た！ - Islands in the byte stream

Pacific “sinking states”, rescue, and sovereignty

Category: climate change

Category: United Kingdom

Category: human trafficking

15 Weird Facts About Greek Islands You Probably Didn’t Know