Pacific Islands Forum

Local Hawaiian island people always have some type of problem yet mostly in Hawaii one of the main problems is beach pollution. Hawaii is always known for their beaches, beautiful, relaxing and a place to get away. Today Hawaii's beaches are starting to get really polluted with trash, plastic, cigarette butts, beer bottles, and all other types of trash. In Hawaii the beaches are really important because not only does it affect the natives, beach pollution affects the hawaiian ocean life as well.…

The divide between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres has developed into a problem where the Southern Hemisphere is becoming further behind on the economic and social scale because they are less developed. As the Northern Hemisphere exploits and profits off the raw goods that the South produces. This creates a gap where they North is always expanding its economy and the Southern Hemisphere is currently staying in the same place. This system favors the countries that have the ability to…

Evidence (quotation or detail and context) Commentary "Quotation: "It may not sound like much, but for me, it was a freedom I had rarely known"(Albom 42). Context: The Blue Man is explaining to Eddie why Ruby Pier is his Heaven and not Eddie's." The Blue Man explains to Eddie that everyone's Heaven is a different place. Heaven is whatever place made someone the happiest in their life. For the Blue Man, even though people were scared of him, Heaven is Ruby Pier because it gave him a place where…

(Ring of Fire, n.d.)” It is about 40,000 kilometers long and bounds most parts of the Pacific plate. The frequency of earthquakes is vital so they have have to ensure the protective strategies to develop in order to avoid massive loss of life in the world. Emerging megacities that lie in zones of high seismic risk have been put on high alert…

they are located in the “convergence zone”, where wind patterns from the northern and southern hemisphere collide. In Laura Hillenbrand’s novel, Unbroken, chapter 17, the main character, Louie and his friend Phil were drifting into a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean as a result of their war plane’s engine failure. Just like the tropical disaster in northeastern Taiwan,…

The Kimberley Coastal Camp is one of the most exclusive travel fishing destinations in the top end of Australia. Isolated and pristine, the focus is on creating an intimate atmosphere while reducing impact on the local environment. Nestled on the pristine shores of the Admiralty Gulf opposite the Mitchell Plateau in Western Australia, the Kimberley Coastal Camp can't be accessed by road. Arrival is either by a spectacular floatplane experience with an impressive water landing or an exhilarating…

Polynesia Population Polynesia has an estimated 691,346 (Not including New Zealand) people to inhabit the earth and spread over different countries. The records show that the population since 1955 has increased by over 400,000 people and still is increasing today. In 1955, the population was 274,119 then by 1990; it reached 547,896 then after 15 years in 2005; it got to 641,022 then to the present we know as 691,346 (Not including New Zealand). The population each year increases from 3.8…

The melting ice in the Arctic has allowed for the potential navigation during the summer months, of two shipping routes formerly impassable; the Northwest Passage, which runs through northern Canada and the Northern Sea route, north of the Russian mainland. (Anderson, A., 2009). The potential use of these routes would mean that goods would no longer have to travel through the Suez or Panama canals, shortening the distance by thousands of miles. (Anderson 2009). In fact, it is estimated that…

South America, due to its wide range of diversity including its people and its foods and culture. Ecuador is located in South America, on the Equator it also extends out to sea to the Galapagos Islands. Ecuador is about in equal area to Nevada, is in the northwest part of South America fronting on to the Pacific. The people of Ecuador speak Spanish, Quechua, and now English is starting to be part of the curriculum for students. The country is developing greater alternative for students to study…

Deep Sea Vent Ecology - A Brief and Semi-Remembered Broad Overview So there's life in the deep oceans here on Earth, and I mean the deep oceans, two and three miles down, where light has never and will never reach. And this life lives without oxygen, or light, and they do it around deep sea vents, fissures in the tectonic plate, that spew heavy metals and toxic gases at scorching (or boiling, as the case may be) temperatures. These chemicals and metals build up around the fissure and form…