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    is the middle of Autumn currently, I have lost count of the days, but I know it is early November. We have not made it to the Pacific Ocean, but it is in our sights and we have stopped for the night in a little shelter we made. The journey was rough, challenging, yet we still managed to beat every obstacle in our path. Many tribes have helped is on our way to the Pacific; one of them stayed with us and has helped us greatly. Her name is Sacagawea and she is from the Shoshone tribe, she translates

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    Geographical context Many Island nations in the Pacific Ocean are being threatened by climate change. These tropical islands could be underwater over the next few years if the effects of climate change aren’t numbed, or protection programs aren’t put in place. The islands that will be affected are low lying and very flat, this means that if there is a small rise in sea level it has the potential to cover the entire Island in water. Many residents of these islands nations have nowhere to go, as the

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    The grand expanse of the Pacific Ocean possesses a very extensive, and often debated history of human expansion into the thousands of islands that exist within the region. There exists a range of fields that are interested in the voyaging of what is called Remote Oceania, or the parts of the Pacific that would require advanced navigation techniques due to the fact that the next island is either out of sight or simply unknown. Biologists study the movement and development of the human race while linguists

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    The second half of Pacific Histories Ocean, Land, People, edited by David Armitage and Alison Bashford was much different than the first. This part of the collections of essay’s focused mostly on the knowledge and identities of the people within the Pacific before and after European contact. Once again not much is known about how the people behaved and lived their lives before European contact, but the authors assume a lot of what they believed the people thought. Most of the second part of the reading

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    Setting: The Pacific Ocean and Pi’s Emotional State (5) The climax and majority of story in Life of Pi takes place in the vast pacific ocean. The entire plot and conflict is created by the harsh environment. At times the description of Pi’s surroundings is reflective of his emotional and mental condition. At a point in time where Pi is confused, scared, and vulnerable, unsure of whether or not he would make it, his environment shows just that. “Darkness came. There was no moon. Clouds hid the stars

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    inform the reader or listener about how climate change I the Pacific Ocean is affecting marine life. Along with climate change affecting marine life, ocean acidification is causing the destruction of coral reefs, which are essential for the humans and the organisms that thrive on them in the ocean. Past the scientist views of whom is to blame for this, the true message is to get awareness out to the public so that this process of ocean destruction can be reversed so the preservation of the organisms

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    One of which are ocean's garbage patches. Well all five ocean have garage patches but the one who is bringing up more dangers in the ocean life the pacific ocean patch. For the people who have have been living under a rock but “the pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean, covering 63.8 million square miles of area. The Pacific Ocean accounts for approximately 46% of the earth's water surface area”. Since it is one of the largest oceans it also has one of the largest garbage patches and holds

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    Marine Pollution How does the ocean look without pollution and with pollution? Well, this exhibit that I created to focus on the creatures of the ocean and the way oceans look the awning beauty of it. Then how the ocean looks after pollution is created and is put in the oceans waters and the effect of this. The oceans I will be focusing on being the Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Oceans. Showing finally, how this beauty can be taken away so easily, giving us a before image, then an after

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    Proposal for Overfishing in the Pacific Ocean: For human populations, particularly people in the poorest countries across the globe, fish is an important source of nourishment and food. As a result, fisheries catches represent a huge export of energy and mass that can no longer be utilized by trophic levels that are higher than those fished. For a long period of time, several human populations across the globe have continued to depend on fish as a significant source of food and nourishment, which

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    Research on Overfishing in the Pacific Ocean: The demand for food across the globe continues to increase as the human population continues to increase. For human populations, particularly people in the poorest countries across the globe, fish is an important source of nourishment and food given the increase in the demand for food. As a result, fisheries catches represent a huge export of energy and mass that can no longer be utilized by trophic levels that are higher than those fished. Since

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