Powerful piece by Ramachandra Guha on the planned ecological and social disaster that is the #GreatNicobar infrastructure and transhipment terminal project.
#conservation #restoration #islands #Andamans #Nicobar #biodiversity #tribals #shipping #destructiveDevelopment
https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/destruction-foretold-the-planned-disaster-of-the-great-nicobar-island-prnt/cid/2092519

Tidal energy innovator wins key statement of feasibility.

https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/02/worlds-most-powerful-tidal-energy-turbine-headed-to-us-waters-eventually/

https://www.europesays.com/1950974/ Croatia island cracks down on rowdy tourists with hefty fines #affiliate #AI #bars #beaches #BeachesU0026Islands #Clubs #ClubsU0026Nightlife #croatia #Enabled #europe #guides #highlights #hrvatska #Islands #local #LocalAffiliateTravel #Negative #Nightlife #Overall #OverallNegative #story #StoryHighlightsAIEnabled #tourists #travel #TravelGuidesU0026Travelogues #Travelogues #u0026 #vijesti

Blue Grotto, Capri, Italy 1880 Lawrence W. Ladd⁣
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#19thcentury, #Capri, #Caves, #Islands, #Italy, #Mediterranean, #Ocean, #Sea⁣
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Avian #Influenza Virus #Surveillance Across #NZ and Its Subantarctic #Islands Detects #H1N9 in Migratory #Shorebirds, but Not 2.3.4.4b HPAI #H5N1, https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/03/avian-influenza-virus-surveillance.html

Te Burao The Hibiscus Tree 1892 Paul Gauguin⁣
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In another place, I'm doing a thread of islands I've visited, because it fits my username. One photo every day or so. But sometimes an extra photo slips in that I can't use (because one photo per island) so I'll have to share it here.

St Tredwell's Loch, on Papa Westray, one of the smaller islands of Orkney. I don't know why a lake on an island seems so odd, but it does. Maybe because of how close it is to the sea. (You might be able to see the strip of blue sea behind the loch.)

Photo is taken from St Tredwell's Chapel, the ruins of a Medieval chapel built over Iron Age remains, or an overgrown bunch of rocks on a hill. (As you can in the foreground.)

If you're into photos of islands, the thread starts here:
https://bsky.app/profile/islandhopping.bsky.social/post/3li44sq4nxs2t

#SilentSunday
#Ocean #Islands

Are you visiting #Skye this year? My new Skye and the #InnerHebrides guidebook recommends the island's most interesting nooks and crannies, with lots of good reasons to take your time exploring.

(self-promotion is difficult, but I do believe in this book link: https://www.bradtguides.com/product/skye-the-inner-hebrides-2/)

https://www.europesays.com/1920602/ Korčula, Croatia: A Guide to This Hidden Gem on the Dalmatian Coast #beaches #croatia #hrvatska #Islands #summer #vijesti

The islands putting the brakes on the rural exodus of Scottish youth

A great article (for people outside the islands who may be unaware of the challenges) on the issues and maybe some of the opportunities.

https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25011289.islands-putting-brakes-rural-exodus-scottish-youth/

http://archive.today/2025.03.16-074630/https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25011289.islands-putting-brakes-rural-exodus-scottish-youth/
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Shoden Island in Tokyo, Japan

Overlooked by many, this tiny sacred island in Ueno Park only opens to the public every 12 days.#parks #islands #section-Atlas
Shoden Island

#Moorea is one of the most popular #islands in French #Polynesia for good reason. It has beautiful white sand #beaches with #turquoise water, good #swimming and #snorkeling and there is a lot to see and do in Moorea. How did you like it? https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Moorea/

Passing shower, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides. #weather #scotland #islands #landscape #photography

Today in Labor History March 1, 1954: The U.S. detonated Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll. It caused the worst radioactive contamination ever by the U.S. However, this occurred after years of nuclear testing and contamination of the islands and waters around them. The U.S. detonated 23 nuclear devices on the islands from 1946 to 1958. They blew up the bombs on the reef, in the sea, in the air and underwater. They relocated islanders several times, each time to supposedly safe islands. But they neglected to provide sufficient food and water, causing starvation. When the islanders tried to catch fish to eat, or grow their own crops, they were so contaminated from radioactive fallout, that it poisoned all who ate it. Women started having miscarriages and giving birth to babies with abnormalities. To this day, it is still too contaminated for inhabitants and their descendants to return. A trust fund that had been set up to help support the survivors ran out of funds in the late 2010s.