Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them
- Written by Patrick D. Nunn, Professor of Geography, School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as “manumanunicagi” that glides above the land only when a cyclone is forming out to sea. As the conversation continued, residents named at least 11...
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