Hacker News with Generative AI: Pacific Islands

Fiji is already relocating villages because of climate change (zmescience.com)
Climate migration is no longer a distant fear — it’s a reality. In Fiji, it’s a particularly pressing reality. Rising seas and extreme weather have forced entire communities to move. For this Pacific island nation, the question isn’t whether to relocate people but how to do so in a way that protects lives and livelihoods. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is watching closely as one billion people may find themselves in a similar situation in a matter of decades.
Famed Pacific Rapa Nui island's population 'crash' debunked by ancient DNA (nature.com)
More than 800 years ago, Polynesians sailed thousands of kilometres across the Pacific Ocean to one of the most remote islands on Earth, Rapa Nui.
Ancient Rapanui genomes reveal pre-European contact with the Americas (nature.com)
Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island) is one of the most isolated inhabited places in the world.