Nauru: Environmental Apocalypse in the World’s Smallest Republic

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Source/Further reading:

Britannica, overview: https://www.britannica.com/place/Naur...

MIT Press Reader, the dark history of Nauru: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/da...

Guardian, a Short History of Nauru: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...

Guardian, Nauru’s Cursed History: https://www.theguardian.com/world/201...

Nauru civil war: https://militaryhistorynow.com/2013/0...

Nauru under Japanese occupation: https://apjjf.org/-Yuki-Tanaka/3441/a...

Nauruan Independence: https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceania/...

https://www.rnz.co.nz/collections/u/n...

Nauru’s musical: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...

https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/...

Refugees: https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

https://www.refugeecouncil.org.au/ope...

Keeping the offshore facilities open: https://www.theguardian.com/australia...

Deep sea mining:  https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

Nauru and deep sea mining: https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/wh...