Living With the Sea
Fresh water, sea level, and a thin lens under the islet.
The Freshwater Lens
Fresh water on an atoll floats in a thin lens above the seawater beneath. How the lens forms, how easily it is contaminated or over-drawn, and why rainwater catchment is not a supplement but a foundation.
The Highest Ground Is a Few Metres
What sea-level rise means for a country with almost no elevation: inundation, salt intrusion into the lens, coastal erosion, and the difference between the headline and the mechanism. Factual, without doom framing or greenwash.
Copra Holds the Outer Islands Together
Dried coconut as the outer islands' cash crop: how it is produced, how it is shipped, and the role it plays in keeping remote populations viable.
Migration With Dignity
The national policy of building skills so that if people must move, they move as sought-after migrants rather than as refugees. Explained as policy, not as prophecy.