The Weapons of Revolution: Global Merchants and the Arms Trade in South America (1808-1824)
Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, 2023 This article investigates the role that the arms trade connected to Hispanic American Independence Wars played in the transformations at the origins of 19th century globalization.
Deborah Besseghini
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The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021
Nature Communications, 2023 The 2021 unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave broke temperature records by extraordinary amounts. Impacts included hundreds of deaths, mass-mortalities of marine life, increased wildfires, reduced crop and fruit yields, and river flooding.
R. White +15 more
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Migration and Foreign Aid as Factors Restraining Regional Cooperation in the South Pacific [PDF]
Polish Political Science Yearbook, 2022 Cooperation in the South Pacific region is unique due to the characteristics of its participants. Following the period of decolonization (1962-1980), countries in Oceania have radically changed.
Joanna Siekiera
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Origin and timing of New Zealand's earliest domestic chickens: Polynesian commensals or European introductions? [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Human settlers transported chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) to most East Polynesian archipelagos between AD 1000 and 1300; however, it has long been assumed that New Zealand was an exception.
Jamie R. Wood +3 more
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Study TOMAS Cyclone Using Seismic Array and Single Station
Applied Sciences, 2023 The continuous data from the YL array and four AU stations during the lifetime of the cyclone TOMAS in March 2010 were downloaded from IRIS. By performing frequency-wave number (F-K) analysis on the array data, it was found that the orientation of the ...
Siyin Wang +3 more
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Viewing the non-governmental organisation Pazifik Netzwerk e.V. from a postcolonial perspective (Research Note) [PDF]
Pacific Geographies, 2019 This article embraces a postcolonial view for analyzing the German NGO Pazifik Netzwerk e.V. In doing so the authors shed light on the critical awareness that an intercultural NGO should have, and thereby contributes to the political commitment many ...
Garbe, Mats, Löffler, Annkathrin
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Geographic and seasonal variation of blue whale calls in the North Pacific
J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2023 The call characteristics and distribution of blue whales in the North Pacific were examined by use of acoustic surveys. Two distinct vocalisation types have been previously attributed to blue whales from limited regions in the North Pacific (cf. Thompson
K. Stafford, S. Nieukirk, C. Fox
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Screening, diagnosing and management of Pacific peoples with prediabetes in New Zealand primary healthcare clinics with high concentrations of Pacific peoples: an online survey [PDF]
Journal of Primary Health Care, 2023 Introduction Prediabetes is a condition of elevated blood sugar levels which can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) if not managed effectively. Prediabetes is likely to affect about 24.6% of New Zealand (NZ) adults, with estimates of 29% of the ...
Judith McCool +3 more
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Senghor : poésie de la révolution pacifique [PDF]
Anadiss, 2022 Faced with the inevitable enslavement of Africa, Senghor has opted for the cultural battle as a shield against European invaders. In fact, his Poetic masterpiece (1990) was a rebellion against the assimilationist policy of colonialism.
BALDÉ, Mamadou Lamine
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A Pacific interdecadal climate oscillation with impacts on salmon production
Oceanographic Literature Review, 1997 Evidence gleaned from the instrumental record of climate data identifies a robust, recurring pattern of ocean–atmosphere climate variability centered over the midlatitude North Pacific basin.
N. Mantua +4 more
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