Hacker News with Generative AI: Islands

The islanders facing China's menacing presence on their horizon (bbc.com)
At just 37 hectares, the Philippines-controlled island of Pagasa – or "hope" – is barely big enough to live on. There is almost nothing there.

International Relations, Philippines, China, Geopolitics, Islands

8 points by danielam 33 days ago | 0 comments

Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands (nature.com)
Humans were not thought to have reached and inhabited such small and isolated islands until the regional shift to Neolithic lifeways, around 7.5 thousand years ago (ka)1.

Archaeology, History, Mediterranean, Human Migration, Islands

44 points by rntn 75 days ago | 15 comments

Obscure islands I find interesting (amanvir.com)
Cycle Through Locations <h1>Pheasant Island</h1> <h2>The Island That Switches Countries Every 6 Months</h2>

Travel, Geography, History, Islands

552 points by venusgirdle 140 days ago | 178 comments

UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius (bbc.co.uk)
The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.

Politics, International Relations, Mauritius, UK, Islands

199 points by andystanton 268 days ago | 282 comments

Sustainability, Economy, Islands, Finland

18 points by ecmascript 354 days ago | 21 comments

New York, Photography, Islands, Travel

39 points by bookofjoe 399 days ago | 0 comments

Geography, Islands, Earth, Exploration

10 points by vinnyglennon 407 days ago | 1 comments