The giant floating garbage dumps in the Pacific Ocean are unlikely to be cleaned up or properly disposed. This best illustrates what concept?
A) The Malthusian Dilemma
B) The Prisoner's Dilemma.
C) The resource curse
D) The time horizon problem
E) the tragedy of the commons
Question 2
Country X believes that Country Y is violating part of its obligations under a treaty they signed. Country X decides to pull diplomatic representation from Country Y until the issue is resolved. This is an example of what kind of enforcement?
A) Extradition enforcement
B) Horizontal enforcement
C) National enforcement
D) Temporary enforcement
E) Vertical enforcement
Manta ray in the open ocean
The open ocean is the most extensive biome on earth.
Skull of an Oriental giant squirrel (genus Ratufa) - note the classic sciuromorphous shape of the an
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Open-ocean systems vary in their biological diversity
Ocean sediment cores preserve a record of ice sheet growth and decay