Kure Atoll

With a former name of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and a conventional long form of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Marshall Islands is a country in Oceania. It is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its capital city is Majuro. Marshallese is their official language and English is widely spoken as a second language. As of July 2013, their population was 69,747. The Marshall Islands has a very interesting history, government, economy, and many other things. The Marshall

The article I read was about Hawaiian monk seals. Obviously the seals are found in Hawaii. The seals have six main islands in Hawaii where they populate: Kure Atoll, Midway Islands, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Island, Laysan Island, and French Frigate Shoals. The Hawaiian monk seals are named the official state mammal of Hawaii. The Hawaiian monk seals have a diet that ranges from fish, squid, octopus, and lobster. The seals hunt mainly at night and during the day they lay on sandy beaches.

Climate Justice and Accountability One portion of the Paris Agreement that will be critical to uphold is the $100 billion pledge from developed countries to developing countries to combat the effects of climate change. Specifically, this pledge would provide compensation for the millions of people a year who are displaced from their homes because of natural disasters, the overwhelming majority being from developing countries. The promise will increase to $600 billion by 2025 but does little to counter

What is colonialism? Colonialism is occupying one’s land with or without the permission of the natives of the land and later on occupying it with settlers and utilizing it economically. Colonialism began in 1500s by European nations such as France, Portugal, England, and Spain. European nations began to colonize through Americas, India, Middle East, and South East Asia. Part of the logic behind colonialism was to “modernize” the colonized countries. Various European nations had also control

In 1869, one of the most prominent and influential men to ever live was born. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Gujarat, India. Known for leading India to its eventual freedom and inspiring movements across the world, Gandhi became India’s ‘Father of the Nation’. His non-violent and non-cooperative civil disobedience provided a sense of truth and firmness. Better known as Satyagraha, as coined by Gandhi, became one of the best methods to fight injustices. Around the world, Satyagraha has proven

Who is good and who is Evil? Many of us go through life thinking that whatever we do must be what is good, never questioning authority and blindly following a government that is thought to be incapable of doing evil. After World War II, many Americans felt a sense of nationalism. They were proud of the fact that their military destroyed Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan. However this euphoric patriotism can often blind the holder. In August of 1945, the United States Military dropped two nuclear

Hours after Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japan, gaining worldwide headlines, giving millions unanswered questions, the speech, Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation was given one day after the event. On December 8th 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech to be remembered today, by using rhetorical devices and figurative language to strongly picture his message to the public, making great use of parallel structure, personification, parallelism, and climax ordering to enforce his key point

The Hawaiian Monk Seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) It is estimated that monk seals have been living in the Hawaiian island chain for 14-15 million years. It is believed that they reached the Hawaiian archipelago through the Central American Seaway, which closed approximately 3 million years ago. They are considered by many to be a “living fossil” due to the primitive nature of the species. Both remaining species of monk seal are in imminent danger of going extinct. While the Hawaiian monk seal population

As the contestants rose above the smoke, the dust, the eerie fog, I stared in absolute awe. The game had begun; the sirens, the flashing lights imitated that of many - therefore scaring the contestants, each dashing for the armory in the dead center section of the arena. Their screams, consequently, were furthermore spread apart, the killing had a rate climbing faster than that of a bullet straight across a plain; the last of the few remaining as some sort of squad, as a team. It sort of reminds

What happened to Bikini Atoll when the United States had a nuclear weapons test series? Operation Crossroads was a nuclear test that was held during the summer of 1946 at Bikini Atoll intended to study the effect of nuclear weapon. There were a total of three tests, Able, Baker, and Charlie. The first test was codenamed Able. The 23 kiloton bomb was dropped from the B-29 Superfortress Dave's Dream at July 1, 1946. The bomb detonated at an altitude of 520 feet and 1,500 to 2,000 off from the target