Blog Topic 3

This video takes place off of the coast of Cambodia. It shows a group of fishermen trying to catch the largest fish out there. They come across a very large stingray and in the process the stingray is having babies. I picked this video because I have always heard of abnormally large fish, but I have never actually seen one. These fishermen were lucky enough to catch  this large stingray and get it on video. This shows that Cambodia has a lot of resources that they get from their oceans that are close by. The fishermen are a great source of food and it is their way of life.

Blog Post 2

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydneys-hottest-australia-day-in-20-years-20110126-1a51b.html

            In this article it talks about how hot it was on Australia day this year. At 2 PM in Sydney it had reached 31 degrees Celsius or 87.8 degrees Fahrenheit. It was the second hottest Australian Day since 1991. In Penrith it was suppose to get 42 degrees Celsius or 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

            On page 636 in our textbook it talks about global warming in the Oceania region. Australia suffers from various droughts and wildfires. A major contribution to New Zealand’s greenhouse pollution is the methane from the country’s large livestock population. The Pacific Islands have emphasized on how to adapt to the climate change rather than on getting rid of the carbon emissions.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/forced-to-smuggle-people/story-e6frf7l6-1225972933090

            A 20 year old Narre Warren man and his 65 year old father were working together to smuggle in Afghans and Pakistanis to Australia from Indonesia. The father mysteriously died months after they were arrested. The son was sentenced to 9 months in prison.

            On pages 636-637 in the textbook it explains how modern population patterns reflect the indigenous and European settlement. In countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and the Hawaiian Islands, Anglo-European migration has contributed to the concentration and distribution of today’s population.