Sentences with phrase «island over thousands of years»

In addition, passengers will see five different volcanoes that have helped shaped the island over thousands of years.

Not exact matches

Island Fresh expands the business with its network of thousands of customers in the tri-state area that they have served for over 20 years having been the exclusive distributor and ingredient procurement agent for Hale and Hearty.

But it's been argued that these remains are from Homo sapiens, who, after becoming stuck on the island, underwent «insular dwarfism» over hundreds of thousands of years, growing smaller to help them survive.

According to that version, H. erectus traveled to the island of Flores and then shrank over thousands of years through a process called «insular dwarfing.»

It is the attempt to penetrate The Void that brought us Alex Haley's Roots, that draws thousands of African Americans across the ocean to visit West Africa every year, that left me crumpled on the rocks outside the Door of No Return at Gorée Island's slave house as I stared out over a horizon that my ancestors might have traversed once and forever.

Fast forward some 20 plus years and I've worked with thousands of dogs and owners, all over Southeastern, MA and Rhode Island.

Fraser Island has been formed over hundreds of thousands of years as winds, waves and ocean currents have carried sands from the far south - east of Australia, and from as far away as Antarctica (but before Australian and Antarctica split from each other), out to the continental shelf, and in towards the land again in a zigzag pattern, to form a string of sand islands along the Queensland coast.

There are over 150 beaches on the island ranging from fine, white sand to black volcanic rock from volcanic activity ranging back thousands of years.

Overview Our Kayak & Birding Tour is a SPECIAL one day experience (Sunday, June 3 only) focused on kayaking with an emphasis on viewing birds from the water in the Scorpion Anchorage area.The Channel Islands» isolation over thousands of years has created a unique environment for rare species of birds.

The Channel Islands» isolation over thousands of years has created a unique environment for rare species of birds.

Over the past 30 years, Caradonna has sent thousands of new divers to the Cayman Islands, and have always found it was an ideal destination for building on the basic skills learned during certification, while also experiencing one of the world's most popular diving destinations.

Here, the island's limestone foundations are riddled with caves formed over thousands of years and now decorated with intricate crystalline stalagmite and stalactite formations.

Living on Easter Island for over a year, she learned the wisdom of the Rapa Nui people and pondered the extraordinary fishing techniques that have been practiced for thousands of years to aid in the fight for their rights to preserve their ocean and culture.

Used for both fishing and transportation, these elegant and versatile canoes wove together coastal and island communities in a complex system of trade, kinship and a resource stewardship that was sustained over thousands of years.

Butchulla people have gained their sophisticated knowledge of the island environment over thousands of years, and maintain a strong connection today.

As they gazed out over the great island that had lost its forests two thousand years ago, and looked out over the sea whose wild tuna fish populations have been diminished by 96 %, and enjoyed the fresh air that now contained 385 ppm of CO2, and maybe more, and at night looked at the stars through a thinned ozone layer they must wonder what went wrong.

Gina Raimondo, governor of Rhode Island, said: «From the nation's first offshore wind farm to the thousands of clean energy jobs we've created over the past few years, I'm proud that Rhode Island is leading the nation in the green economy.

Second, a quick reality check shows that Greenland's ice cap is hundreds of thousands of years old and covers over 80 % of the island.

Sediments deposited over thousands of years provide a window to the past — and may perhaps shed light on what happened to the island's now - lost civilization.

IMO, the strongest argument for sea ice decline over the last decade for being unusual and at least in part attributable to global warming is this (from Polyakov et al.): The severity of present ice loss can be highlighted by the breakup of ice shelves at the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, which have been stable until recently for at least several thousand years based on geological data.