He points out that climate data obtained from slow-growing corals around the Pacific indicate a series of unusually frequent El Ninos around the time of the Lapita expansion.
Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze.
First, at least some of the observed differences between the enzymes of the Atlantic and Pacific fish populations were not random, but were the result of evolutionary adaptation.
"Victory cargo ships are lined up at a U. S. west coast shipyard for final outfitting before they are loaded with supplies for Navy depots and advance bases in the Pacific." ca. 1944.