Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia
Polynesian Migration Maps
Article:
^This is a great site ^
Pacific Currents
Austronesian Language
Showing posts with label Ocean Currents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ocean Currents. Show all posts
Friday, October 16, 2015
Polynesia - Visual Quick Study
About 4,000 years ago, Austronesian speakers migrated eastward from the Asian mainland to in the area referred to as Near or Western Oceania. The subsequent expansion of these Austronesians into Eastern Oceania began around 1200 BC and led to the colonization of the islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This expansion ended with the settlement and colonization of New Zealand around 1250 AD.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Somewhere in the Pacific Ccean is a floating mass trapped by currents. Consisting mainly of plastic, it is almost three times the size of Spain and Portugal combined...
Convection Currents and The Convergence Zone
(The Pacific Gyre)
This article has some wonderful interactive animations
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