Noho ka Moana ʻInikia ma kahi o 20% o ko ka Honua holoʻokoʻa i uhi ʻia me ka wai. ʻO ke kolu kēia o ke kino o ka wai i ka honua. I nā makahiki i hala, ua ʻike ʻia kahi hopena kanaka ikaika, kahi hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka hoʻohui ʻana o ka wai, ke ola o nā ʻelele o ka flora moana a me nā holoholona.
Ka hoʻohaumia aila
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻohaumia nui i ka Moana ʻInikia ka aila. Komo ia i loko o ka wai ma muli o nā ulia pōpilikia ma nā wahi hana aila o kahakai, a me kahi hopena o nā moku moku.
He palena ko ka Moana ʻInikia me nā ʻāina he nui ma ka Hikina a me ka Hikina Waena, kahi e hoʻomohala nui ʻia ai ka hana ʻaila. ʻO ka ʻāpana nui loa i waiwai i ka "gula ʻeleʻele" ʻo ka Persian Gulf. Hoʻomaka nā ala tanker aila he nui i nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua mai aneʻi. I ke kaʻina o ka neʻe, ʻoiai i ka wā o ka hana maʻamau, hiki i kēlā mau moku ke haʻalele i kahi kiʻi momona ma ka wai.
ʻO nā kulu mai nā paipu kaʻina ʻĀina a me nā kaʻina hana kahe o ka moku e kōkua pū kekahi i ka haumia aila kai. Ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia nā tanker tanker o nā koena o ka aila, hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka wai hana i loko o ke kai.
Wao hale
He mea nui ke ala nui no ka ʻōpala o nā home e komo i ke kai - kiola ʻia ia mai nā moku hala. Eia nā mea āpau - mai nā ʻupena lawaiʻa kahiko i nā ʻeke ʻai. Eia kekahi, i waena o nā ʻōpala, aia kekahi mau mea weliweli loa i kēlā me kēia manawa, e like me nā thermometers lapaʻau me ka mercury a me nā mea like. Eia kekahi, komo nā ʻōpala hale paʻa i ke Kai ʻInikia e ke au o nā kahawai e kahe ana a i ʻole holoi wale ʻia i kahakai i ka wā ʻino.
Nā kemika mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona o ka hoʻohaumia o ke Kai ʻInikia ka hoʻokuʻu nui ʻana o nā kemika i hoʻohana ʻia i ka mahiʻai a me nā wai hoʻowahāwahā mai nā ʻoihana i loko o ka wai. Loaʻa kēia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā ʻāina i kū i ke kahakai kahakai i kahi ʻoihana "lepo". ʻO nā ʻoihana hoʻokele waiwai o kēia wā ka nui o nā ʻoihana nui mai nā ʻāina kūkulu e kūkulu nei i nā kahua ʻoihana ma ka ʻāina o nā ʻāina liʻiliʻi i kūkulu ʻia a lawe i waho ma laila nā ʻano ʻoihana e ʻike ʻia e nā hoʻokuʻu kūpilikiʻi a i ʻole nā ʻenehana palekana holoʻokoʻa.
Nā hakakā hakakā koa
Ma nā panalāʻau o kekahi mau ʻāina o ka Hikina, i kēlā me kēia manawa ke ala aʻe nei nā kaua a me nā kaua. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā ʻauwaʻa, lawe ke kai i kahi ukana hou aʻe mai nā moku kaua. ʻAʻohe o kēia papa o nā moku i pili i ka kaohi kaiapuni a kumu i ka hōʻino nui i ke kūlohelohe.
I ka papa o nā hakakā, luku pinepine ʻia nā hale hana ʻaila like a i ʻole nā wai i lawe ʻia i ka ʻaila. ʻO nā wāwahi o nā moku kaua ponoʻī e hoʻohui i ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke kai.
Ka hopena ma nā flora a me nā holoholona
ʻO ka halihali hana a me nā hana ʻoihana o ke kanaka ma ka moana ʻInikia he hopena ka i ka poʻe noho. Ma ke ʻano he hopena o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā kemika, hoʻololi ke ʻano o ka wai, a hiki i ka make ʻana o kekahi ʻano limu a me nā meaola ola.
ʻO nā holoholona kai kaulana loa i aneane pau i ka hoʻopau ʻia he kohola. No nā kenekulia he nui, ua pālahalaha loa ka hana o ke kohola a ʻaneʻane nalowale loa kēia mau mammal. Mai ka makahiki 1985 a hiki i ka makahiki 2010, nā lā no ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā koholā, aia kahi moratorium ma ka lawaiʻa ʻana o nā ʻano kohola. I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻihoʻi hou ʻia ka heluna kanaka, akā mamao loa ia mai kāna helu mua.
Akā ʻaʻole manu laki ka manu i kapa ʻia ʻo "dodo" a i ʻole "manu hana". Ua loaʻa lākou ma ka mokupuni ʻo Mauritius i ke Kai ʻInikia a ua hoʻopau loa ʻia i ka kenekulia 17.
