Remote Island Provides Clues on Population Growth, Environmental Degradation

Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa. This horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin, located essentially in the middle of nowhere, is “a microcosm of the world’s situation,” says a University of Oregon archaeologist.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news75964337.html">Remote Island Provides Clues on Population Growth, Environmental Degradation</a></p> <p>Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa. This horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin, located essentially in the middle of nowhere, is “a microcosm of the world’s situation,” says a University of Oregon archaeologist.</p>