Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east. At 165,250,000 square kilometers (63,800,000 square miles) in the area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, making it larger than all …

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ISC: International Studies Center · 18 April 2024 English

The political significance attached to the nomenclature reflects the subregion’s competitive nature and the struggle for influence in intercountry relations. [...] In order to understand the mechanism that promotes security …

powers and between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, 1 Some ideas presented within this paper stem


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 17 April 2024 English

All names and claims expressed in this book of abstracts are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the PICES Organization, nor those of their affiliated …

Fishing Activities and Conflict Risks in the Pacific Ocean 1 1 2 1 3 Keiko J. Nomura , John A. Woodill data to study fisheries conflict risk in the Pacific Ocean. With spatial and network analyses, we identify prefecture of Japan, and it is connected to Pacific Ocean. Lake Hamana provides various kinds of fish USA. A 2013-2016 large marine heatwave in the Pacific Ocean brought about changes in natural and social cases (the French Southern lands and South Pacific Ocean), this study assesses the ecological and anthropogenic


World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English

This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Macroeconomic …

island nation of 900,000 people in the South Pacific Ocean. It is the second largest economy in the Pacific


World Bank Group · 17 April 2024 English

This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the Middle East and North …

island nation of 900,000 people in the South Pacific Ocean. It is the second largest economy in the Pacific


CAPRI: Caribbean Policy Research Institute · 17 April 2024 English

challenges such as overfishing, unsustainable practices in the fisheries and tourism sectors, tourism practices, competition for resources as well as the role of blue finance and its Blue finance emerges …

Work- available for monitoring and enforcement. Pacific Ocean in 2021. Ensuring that reve- ing with an existing


EJF: Environmental Justice Foundation · 16 April 2024 English

Regional fisheries dynamics of the of this exceptional richness of life is being threatened SWIO and their importance to the by overexploitation (especially by overfishing and IUU fishing), habitat degradation, …

that they “will adhere to the operating in the Pacific Ocean and engaging in principles of doing business common on board Fukushima power plant into the Pacific Ocean.306 the longliner he had worked on. The bosun


ACAPS · 15 April 2024 English

According to secondary sources and key informant interviews (KIIs), the number of verified cases of NSAG recruitment and use of children in Colombia began increasing Distinguishing between child recruitment and …

exploitation. Municipalities with proximity to the Pacific Ocean serve as strategic points in the transport of


American Rivers · 15 April 2024 English

America’s rivers and clean water supplies are in crisis. Forty-four percent of waterways in the U.S. are too polluted for swimming or fishing, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. …

in southern California before reaching the Pacific Ocean. Its 1,750-square-mile watershed is home to the Tijuana River Watershed and out into the Pacific Ocean, sickening people and wildlife. These year-round multicultural identities. The river joins the Pacific Ocean at beautiful beaches that were once frequented The resulting sewage discharges into the Pacific Ocean do not meet U.S. or Mexican regulations and


World Bank Group · 11 April 2024 English

scattered over 0.5 million km2 of the western Pacific Ocean. Few of the islands are more than 800 meters


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 11 April 2024 English

Growth in developing Asia and the Pacific is expected to remain resilient, propelled by strong domestic demand, improving semiconductor exports, and the ongoing recovery in tourism.

temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (NOAA 2023). El Niño’s opposite is La Niña


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