nothing is changed. Bluefin Tuna populations in the Atlantic Ocean have declined over 70 percent in the last thirty years yet because seafood is a global commodity being flown into markets around the world the demand has become unquenchable. Overfishing for Bluefin continues scientist expect the fish to become extinct by 2012 if nothing changes. (PBS.org) The Bluefin Tuna is a species of Tuna native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean as well as the Mediterranean Sea. This is a relatively
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THE MYSTERIES OF BERMUDA TRIANGLE Thesis Statement: Retracing the illustrious secrecy behind the Bermuda Triangle (sometimes designates as the Devil’s Triangle) - nonetheless isn’t really a mystery after all. Introduction Scores of ships and planes are said to have vanished without any evidence over the decades in a gigantic triangular zone of ocean with illusory points in Bermuda‚ Florida‚ and Puerto Rico. Some people have asserted that these disappearances fall beyond the limit of human errors
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the compass started during the Age of Discovery in the 15th century. The Portuguese began systematically exploring the Atlantic coast of Africa from 1418‚ under the sponsorship of Prince Henry. In 1488 Bartolomeu Dias reached the Indian Ocean by this route. In 1492 the Spanish monarchs funded Christopher Columbus’s expedition to sail west to reach the Indies by crossing the Atlantic‚ which resulted in the Discovery of America. In 1498‚ a Portuguese expedition commanded by Vasco da Gama reached India
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Newfoundland and Labrador is the eastern most province of Canada. The majority of the province ’s population can be found on the island of Newfoundland‚ as most of the province ’s source of economy. As the island is located next to the Atlantic ocean‚ fisheries and fish products have been of the main exports for the province‚ yet within the last 30-40 years or so‚ oil has increasingly become an export that contributes to a growing provincial economy. Exploration in Newfoundland waters first began
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The Shifting of Pangea Have you ever noticed that a map of the world looks like a puzzle and the continents look like the pieces that would fit together to complete the puzzle. In 1912‚ Alfred Wegener‚ a German scientist and an adventurer‚ came up with a theory that the continents had once been part of a "supercontinent". Wegener proposed that‚ over 200 million years‚ what he called Pangea had separated and became individual pieces. Pangea means "all lands" in Greek‚ and that is what Pangea
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Exploration and the New World From Richard Bulliet et al.‚ The Earth and Its Peoples‚ v. 2‚ 5th edn (Wadsworth/Cengage‚ 2012)‚ p. 382 The harsh waters of the Atlantic Ocean kept the Americas isolated from the rest of the world for many years. A few sailing attempts were made were made in Atlantic but none were successful‚ except for the Vikings who first found North America in 986 and Genoese and Portuguese explorers who discovered the islands of Madeira‚ the Azores‚ and the
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explore the new world for new trade routes to the riches‚ i.e. spices‚ of Asia. The Portuguese however‚ had finished their Reconquista first‚ which gave them an advantage over the rest of Europe‚ specifically Spain‚ and allowed them to explore the Atlantic coast of Africa under the sponsorship of Prince Henry‚ who established the Sagres Point Institute for ship ware and supplies there. In effect‚ this had also given them greater political and economic power through territorial expansion‚ as well as
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September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001 had a significant impact on major sporting events prompting cancellations‚ postponements‚ and rescheduling of match fixtures. The terrorist attack had such a huge unprecedented impact on the American people that nothing else seems important than addressing the security challenge at the moment. For example‚ 15 major league baseball games and four Major League Soccer games scheduled for that night were all postponed without any plan for rescheduling
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artists’ music is still listened to and replicated today. The Beatles were a group of four men that created very popular music in the 1960’s. The British invasion was a phenomenon that occured when a stream of British artists were sent across the Atlantic. The phenomenon included music and fashion‚ and a big part was played by the Beatles‚ but there were several other popular artists that
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to find out about America (New World). This new land found changed the whole world. It all started in 1492 when Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He made trips to America in 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498‚ and 1503. Counting that he made 4 across the Atlantic Ocean to America from Spain. He accidentally found America‚ thinking that it the East Indies when he tried to find a water west from Europe to Asia. Christopher Columbus‚ son of a wool merchant‚ was born in Genoa‚ Italy on October 1451. Being
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