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with an annual decrease of approximately 4.5%. The Hawaiian monk seal is primarily found on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands that are made up of coral reef atolls, seamounts, banks, and shoals. This is due to the fact that the monk seals primarily forage on the barrier reefs of the atolls, on submerged reefs, and on banks further from the atolls (Curtice et al, 2011). The monk seals are primarily benthic forgers and will search for food in a broad depth range up to 500m and over different substrates

Every once in a while we come across facts that change our perspective of the world. One such fact is the existence of countries which when put together can probably cover half of the area of some cities from the rest of the large countries around the globe. These countries, like most countries, have their own set of laws, governance, cultures and picturesque locales. 1. Vatican City. Spread across an area of 110 acres, the Vatican City is a country within the city of Rome. With a population of

Hope for Melal The book “Melal “by Robert Barclay takes place in 1981 in The Marshall Islands of the South Pacific. The people known as the Marshallese are the natives to these islands. Overtime other cultures began to settle on these islands also, such as the Spanish, Japanese, and Americans. Out of these three cultures the Americans were the most domineering and devastating to the Marshallese people. The Americans took over the Marshallese native land and forced all of them to live on one island

Consequences of a Close Relationship With The United States Based on (name of video here), there are numerous factors that contributed to chronic and infectious diseases increase in the Marshall Islands. However, all of the factors evolve around the lack of social and political reforms that favored residents. Instead, policies were geared toward furnishing the military forces. Consequently there are three distinct results of this relationship which is as follows: exposure to radiation, displacement

In 1944, the Marshall Islands were taken by the U.S from Japan, where they built a missile base in Kwajalein. Marshallese were known as the masters of the pacific because of the navigations they created and their nutrition which consisted of vitamins and minerals that they grew; breadfruit, taro, fish, minerals, and bananas. On March 1st, 1954 the biggest bomb exploded, having the Marshallese to think the powder was from heaven so they began to rub it on their skins, leading to severe burns. After

to be brought in front of the International Court of Justice. Many other islands like Kiribati and Trinidad are have similar issues. Eventually the cost will be high for all nations. K. Paragraph 46: Conclusion. Within the coming decades the atolls of Tuvalu

a small population with a saturated market of similar or same products and competitors with several outlets. SWOT analysis shows strengths and opportunities like authorized distribution and highlights opportunities of expansion within the various atolls in Maldives. It also revealed weaknesses like location and threats like saturated competition. The

existent fear for the natives of the Marshall Islands. “In the heart of the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia lies one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet. The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) consists of 29 coral atolls comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets, distributed across 750,000 square miles of tropical ocean in two nearly parallel chains” (Pacheco). With climate change becoming a bigger issue and ocean levels rising, the Marshallese are slowly watching

Surrounded Islands by Christo and Jeanne-Claude is an amazing example of environmental art. In Florida, during 1980-83 both of these artists used 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric that surrounded eleven islands. The main benefit from this project was they were able to remove forty tons of garbage from the uninhibited islands (nga.gov). According to Charlotte, the pink color was used to draw attention of the audiences and also make the island seem like it was floating more than it already

The poem “Dear Matafele Peinam” by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner is a tremendously moving poem about climate change. To begin, two of the main symbols of this poem are the lagoon and hands. Firstly, the lagoon symbolizes what the world could look like if people do not change. It shows the negative aspects of the world, and it also highlights the direction Earth is going. This symbol can be interpreted from the quote “men say that one day / that lagoon will devour you” (10-11). This implies that scientists