THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AND IN PARTICULAR ISLANDS IN MICRONESIA PROVIDE IDEAL LABORATORIES IN WHICH TO STUDY HOW ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES (E.G. CLIMATE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND COMPOSITION ECOSYSTEM DISTRIBUTION MATERIAL AND WATER CYCLE DYNAMICS BIODIVERSITY) HAVE IMPACTED HUMAN SYSTEM DYNAMICS (E.G. LAND-USE SYSTEMS HISTORICAL AND PREHISTORIC HUMAN SETTLEMENT PATTERNS TECHNOLOGIES PATTERNS OF DISEASE PATTERNS OF LANGUAGE AND INSTITUTIONS CONFLICTS AND ALLIANCES) AS THE NASA ROSES SPACE