A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago. 100 generations have kept the story alive

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news: 4 news outlets
blogs: 1 blog
twitter: 41 X users

facebook: 1 Facebook page
reddit: 2 Redditors
bluesky: 2 Bluesky users

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Article details
Title	A dramatic volcano eruption changed lives in Fiji 2,500 years ago. 100 generations have kept the story alive
Published by	The Conversation
DOI	10.64628/aa.uun4nej7s
Authors	Nunn, Patrick
Abstract	Many ‘myths’ are authentic memories of human pasts, told by people who passed down precise accounts of their history.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country	Count	As %
Australia	6	15%
Fiji	4	10%
United States	3	7%
United Kingdom	3	7%
France	2	5%
New Zealand	1	2%
Unknown	22	54%

Demographic breakdown

Type
Type	Count	As %
Members of the public	35	85%
Scientists	4	10%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	2	5%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 62. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 August 2024.

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#98,689

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Altmetric has tracked 34,251,523 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 97th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.

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