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Ocean variability drives a millennial-scale shift in South Pacific hydroclimate

Communications Earth & Environment
The South Pacific Convergence Zone is a band of intense austral summer rainfall in the tropical Pacific. Changes in the South Pacific Convergence Zone are linked to Pacific sea surface temperatures on decadal timescales, but its behaviour and impacts ...
Mark Peaple, Daniel T. Skinner, Gordon N. Inglis, Manoj Joshi, Peter Langdon, Adrian J. Matthews, Timothy J. Osborn, David Sear   +7 more
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Construction and Comparison of Machine-Learning Forecast Models of Albacore Thunnus alalunga Fishing Grounds in the South Pacific Ocean

Fishes
The traditional methods for predicting the distribution of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) fishing grounds have low performance and accuracy. Uneven sampling can result in unreasonable evaluation indicators.
Jianxiong Li, Feng Chen, Qian Dai, Wenbin Zhu, Dewei Li, Wei Yu, Weifeng Zhou   +6 more
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Export performance, governance, and economic growth: evidence from Fiji - a small and vulnerable economy

Cogent Economics & Finance, 2020
This article analyses the nexus between exports, established indicators of governance, and economic growth in Fiji. It finds that exports and governance co-operate to promote economic growth. The interplay between these variables is also meaningful.
Ronal Chand, Rup Singh, Arvind Patel, Devendra Kumar Jain   +3 more
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Significant Dot: The 1769 transit of Venus - a tale of astronomy, medicine and empire [PDF]

, 2012
This article places the 6 June 2012 transit of Venus in the context of James Cook’s voyage from England to the South Pacific to observe the 1769 transit of Venus.
Hughes, Stephen W.
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Interdecadal variability of winter precipitation in Southeast China [PDF]

, 2014
Interdecadal variability of observed winter precipitation in Southeast China (1961–2010) is characterized by the first empirical orthogonal function of the three-monthly Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) subjected to a 9-year running mean.
Fraedrich, K., Sielmann, F., Zhang, L., Zhi, X., Zhu, X.   +4 more
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REVIEWS: Optimistic view of the Pacific's Fourth Estate and education

Pacific Journalism Review, 2019
Review of Mekim Nius: South Pacific media, politics and education, by David Robie At its core, Mekim Nius argues a clear position university level education is central to the health of South Pacific journalism and its democracies.
Charles Riddle
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New records of anisakid nematodes from marine fishes off New Caledonia, with descriptions of five new species of Raphidascaris (Ichthyascaris) (Nematoda, Anisakidae)

Parasite, 2020
Recent examinations of anisakid nematodes (Anisakidae) from marine fishes off New Caledonia, collected in the years 2003–2008, revealed the presence of the following five new species of Raphidascaris Railliet et Henry, 1915, all belonging to the subgenus
Moravec František, Justine Jean-Lou
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Subsurface tropical Pacific nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrate: Biogeochemical signals and their transport [PDF]

, 2011
We report measurements of the nitrogen isotopic composition of nitrate (the δ15N of NO3−) across the equatorial Pacific, for zonal transects from 165°E to 95°W and meridional transects across 95° and 110°W.
Charles, Christopher D., Haug, Gerald H., Kaiser, Jan, Rafter, Patrick A., Sigman, Daniel M.   +4 more
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Vot Long Pati Ia! (Your vote, our party) [PDF]

, 2001
Review of the film "Vot Long Pati Ia!" The film is made by Wan Smolbag Theatre in Vanuatu and is a fascinating dramatization of political and developmental dilemmas in the South ...
Barber, Keith, Goldsmith, Michael
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Radio New Zealand International: Reporting the Pacific in tight times

Pacific Journalism Review, 2016
New Zealand International (RNZI) broadcasts from New Zealand into the South Pacific and is relayed to South Pacific listeners by their various national news services. In 2006, American academic Andrew M. Clark characterised the role of RNZI as ‘providing
Matt Mollgaard
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