Formerly known by Europeans as the Sandwich Islands, the Hawaiian Islands are now part of the United States of America, and make up the state of Hawaii. Indigenous Hawaiians have lived on the islands since around 800 CE. The Kingdom of Hawaii was recognized as a sovereign nation from 1810...
When the Hawaiian Islands emerged from the sea as volcanoes, starting about five million years ago, they were far removed from other landmasses. Then, as blazing sunshine alternated with drenching rains, the harsh, barren surfaces of the black rocks slowly began to soften. Winds brought a ...
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2013 . When worlds collide: challenges and opportunities for conservation of biodiversity in the Hawaiian islands. Conserv. Biol. Voices Trop. 188 – 196 .Atkinson, C.T., T.K. Pratt, P.C. Banko, J.D. Jacobi, and B.L. Woodworth. 2013. When worlds collide: challenges and opportunities ...
阅读理解 Kendrick caught the acting bug at the age of 10, when her parents would let her and her brother catch a bus from Portland, Maine, to New York- City so that she could attend interviews.Kendrick's first acting role was as Dinah in the Broadwa
Captain James Cook was a great explorer(探测者). Before he started exploring(探测) maps of the Pacific Ocean were almost empty. He visited hundreds of islands and put them in the correct places on the map. He made maps of the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. James Cook was born...
The coexistence of the geochemically distinct Loa and Kea trends of the Hawaiian mantle plume has been traced for the last 5 Myr along the island chain9. Little evidence exists for the presence of the Loa component in the Hawaiian seamounts, located west of the Hawaiian Islands and only the...
When the warrior and future king was young, he was receptive to trade from Western explorers, acquiring both weapons and advice. He was able to win several battles and unite the Hawaiian Islands. He also outlawed human sacrifices, which, to be honest, sounds like a waste of a perfectly ...
Experts say Polynesian people first sailed to Hawaii about 2,000 years ago. A king ruled the islands when the 18th century British explorer James Cook arrived. At first, Hawaiians treated Captain Cook like a god. But in the end, he was killed on the Big Island in 1779. ...
The population structure of the boreal chickadee was influenced by isolation in multiple refugia and contemporary barriers. In addition to geographical distance, physical barriers such as the Strait of Belle Isle and northern mountains in Alaska are restricting gene flow, whereas the Rocky Mountains in...