Sentences with phrase «pacific remote islands»

In the U.S., in September 2014, President Obama expanded the impressive Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument to more than 490,000 square miles.

Obama then enlarged the Pacific Remote Islands site to nearly six times its original size in late 2014, to its current 490,000 square miles (Greenwire, Sept. 25, 2014).

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Penn's next step is to return to the Pacific to develop a zero - waste system for a line of remote islands, and she's using Apple products to do it.

I am glad that Elon Musk, the IPCC, Leonardo Di Caprio, Al Gore, and others are doing what they're doing, but CO2 levels continue to rise and uninhabited remote Pacific Islands continue to to be covered with garbage.

The remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati is drowning.

Just seen an advert on the Sky News website, «remote island seeks police inspector» straight away I thought the perfect job for Wenger, can be a Dictator on he's own little island in the middle of the Pacific.

When you are facing the ocean or watching the waves crash on Bribie Island you feel as if you are on a remote resort in the south pacific.

A new forensic analysis of bones found on a remote Pacific island 80 years ago strongly suggests they belonged to Amelia Earhart, NPR reports.

If you do a PhD in anthropology of a remote island in the Pacific, then your changes are thiner.

Hints about the potential health threat of BMAA stretch back half a century to the remote Pacific island of Guam.

Over the next 2 years, I chased other experiences, interviewing seal researchers in Antarctica, radio hosts on remote pacific islands, and naked news anchors — all by phone, unfortunately.

He dived and collected in Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and then, further afield, in Zanzibar and at the remote Clipperton atoll in the eastern Pacific.

By FRED PEARCE Volcanic rocks in mid-Atlantic, coral atolls, white - beached Caribbean tourist traps, Pacific islands so remote that even the Polynesians have abandoned them — the leftovers of the British empire are a curious mixture of the military and the forgotten.

Kingman reef is a remote, uninhabited reef system located in the Central Pacific half way between the Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa.

On a remote Pacific island, the local strays look a lot like their earliest ancestors.

The Mortlock Islands flying fox, a large, breadfruit - eating bat native to a few remote and tiny Pacific islands, has long been regarded as one of the world's least studieIslands flying fox, a large, breadfruit - eating bat native to a few remote and tiny Pacific islands, has long been regarded as one of the world's least studieislands, has long been regarded as one of the world's least studied bats.

The original London specimen was collected in 1870 from the remote Mortlock Islands, a series of low - lying atolls and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the west - central Pacific Ocean.

Bone measurement analysis indicates that the remains found on a remote island in the South Pacific were likely those of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, according to a UT researcher.

The Marshall Islands were one of the United States's go - to nuclear testing sites in the 1940s and 1950s: Sixty - seven of the almost 200 tests during that period took place in these remote Pacific iIslands were one of the United States's go - to nuclear testing sites in the 1940s and 1950s: Sixty - seven of the almost 200 tests during that period took place in these remote Pacific islandsislands.

Around the world, from Alaska's remote North Slope to the island nations in the South Pacific, coastal communities are watching their shorelines slip away into the rising seas.

Ancient DNA has revealed the origins of the first Polynesians, who settled remote Pacific islands in outrigger canoes.

«The castaway: New monitor lizard fills top - order predator role on remote Pacific island.»

New data for frequent large tsunamis at a remote island near Dutch Harbor, Alaska provides geological evidence to aid tsunami hazard preparedness efforts around the Pacific Rim.

Remote island nations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change and, in particular, rising sea levels.

His travels took him to the Swiss Alps, to windswept islands off the coast of Scotland, the hinterlands of Alaska and northern Canada, the back country of Africa and Australia, mountain villages in Peru and a number of very remote islands in the South Pacific.

They consistently talk about how nobody will ever find them as though they were on a remote island in the Pacific rather than in the middle of the largest city in Europe.

Watch the trailer for the King Kong origins story, Kong: Skull Island in which an intrepid group of explorers discover a remote Pacific island and realise too late that they aren't its only inhabIsland in which an intrepid group of explorers discover a remote Pacific island and realise too late that they aren't its only inhabisland and realise too late that they aren't its only inhabitants

Abigail Breslin stars as the title character, a young girl who lives on a remote island in the South Pacific with her father, scientist Jack Rusoe (Gerard Butler).

The idea that drives Jason is to buy a remote island in the Pacific, where he and his companions henceforth will be able to live the life of Riley — patently over the top as an ambition, and a fit subject, perhaps, for a satire on human pretensions.

Those scientists were conducting research in the Phoenix Islands, a remote collection of atolls and reefs in the central Pacific.

He says Earhart and Noonan were forced to land on a remote island in the Pacific called Nikumaroro, as they didn't have enough fuel to make it to Howland Iisland in the Pacific called Nikumaroro, as they didn't have enough fuel to make it to Howland IslandIsland.

Each chapter is told from a different point of view and is set in a different part of the world - ranging from London to Tenerife, Alaska to remote South Pacific islands and Siberia, and eventually back to France.

A trip to remote Pacific islands made Terence Huwe think about connecting patterns in knowledge and the librarian's role in educating, exciting and empowering user communities.

Sandbags in the Archipelago The Best American Travel Writing 2004 On a remote South Pacific island, Heather Eliot meets a man and explores the fine line between fantasy and reality.

You can fly cheaply within the U.S., put together great multi-city itineraries, fly in world class international premium cabins, and fly to far - flung and remote islands in the South Pacific.

Aircalin is a South Pacific airline that connects some of the most remote and beautiful islands in the world.

Enjoy Pacific Ocean and offshore island views as you soar above Ka'anapali's remote coastal landscape on our Award - Winning 8 - Line adventure.

Learning new scuba diving skills, conducting underwater surveys in the warm, turquoise waters of the Pacific, spending time getting to know the local community and their traditional villages, teaching children about environmental conservation during weekly school visits, assisting in the creation of coral farms, discover a myriad of fascinating marine creatures to study, enjoy island hopping, stunning remote island locations, scuba diving, snorkelling, traditional ceremonies, idyllic traditional Fijian villages, white beaches, climbing volcanic mountains, enjoying breathtaking scenery, cave swimming, cultural immersion in the Fijian way of life, learning to speak Fijian.

To reach some of the more remote Pacific Islands you'll have to rely on boats — these are the only things that can get you there.

While some islands in the Pacific have become overdeveloped and others remain too remote, Fiji is both easy to get to and manages to enjoy the conveniences of a modern country while retaining its essential island charm.

A remote archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, the famous Galapagos Islands make a perfect wildlife holiday.

Research Points to the Inescapable Dangers of Toxic Chemicals — Sperm Whale Study Even whales living in the remote Galapagos Islands appear to have been exposed to higher levels of pollutants than those in other areas of the Pacific, despite the islands isolation from cities and inIslands appear to have been exposed to higher levels of pollutants than those in other areas of the Pacific, despite the islands isolation from cities and inislands isolation from cities and industry.

I focus on wild marine animals, the California kelp forest, remote eastern Pacific islands, National Parks of the American West, waves, the night sky, and aerial panoramas.

This Polynesian Island in the South Pacific, also known as Rapa Nui, is one of the more remote places you can visit using your miles.

A remarkable assortment of exotic marine species thrive in the teeming reefs along the islands and within the remote coves of Bahia de Banderas (Banderas Bay); prismatic fish species, Olive Ridley Turtles, Giant Pacific Manta Rays, and Moray Eels can be found in the Puerto Vallarta region.

Following the events of Der Eisendrache, the Origins heroes find themselves stranded on a remote Pacific island, home to a secret biological research lab experimenting with Element 115.

Our Oz, distant and remote, is an island set in the Pacific Ocean.

For nearly two decades, Kopelman analyzes with scientific rigor the landscapes and ecosystems of remote places, or, at least, sites that are not easily accessible, from the volcanic islands of Hawaii in the Pacific to the mountainous heartland of Borneo in Asia to the Peruvian rainforest in South America.

Projects in 2014 include Antarctopia: The Antarctic Pavilion, 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture, and Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition, a unique site - specific exhibition on the remote Pacific island of Isla del Coco.

Recent projects include Treasure of Lima: A Buried Exhibition (a unique site - specific exhibition on the remote Pacific island of Isla del Coco) and Rare Earth (a major group exhibition at Thyssen - Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna).