ʻO ka Moana Pākīpika ka wai nui o ka wai ma ka Honua. ʻO kona wahi ma kahi o 180 miliona mau kilomika kilomika, kahi e hoʻopili ana i nā kai he nui. Ma ke ʻano he hopena o ka hopena anthropogenic ikaika, miliona mau tone o ka wai i haumia me nā ʻōpala o ka home a me nā kemika.
Hoʻohauna ʻōpala
ʻOiai kona wahi nui, hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Moana Pākīpika e nā kānaka. ʻO ka lawaiʻa ʻenehana, ka hoʻouna ʻana, ka hoʻouku, hoʻohauʻoli a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā mea kaua nukelea e lawelawe ʻia nei ʻO kēia mau mea āpau, e like me ka maʻamau, hele pū me ka hoʻokuʻu o kahi ākea o nā mea a me nā mea.
ʻO ia iho, ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o kahi moku ma luna o ka wai e alakaʻi i ke ʻano o ka luhi mai nā ʻenekini diesel ma luna ona. Hoʻohui, nā ʻano hana paʻakikī, e like me nā moku, hana iki me ka ʻole o nā kahe o nā wai hana. A inā ʻaʻole hiki ke kahe mai ka aila ʻenekini mai ka mea holo moku holo moana, a laila mai nā haneli haneli o nā moku lawaiʻa kahiko he maʻalahi ia.
I kēia mau lā, noʻonoʻo ka mea maʻamau i ka pilikia o ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka ʻōpala i ka puka aniani. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻohe mea maʻamau kēia no Rūsia wale nō, akā no nā kamaʻāina o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hopena, hoʻolei ʻia ka ʻōpala mai nā kaola o nā moku kaʻa, nā holoholo moku, nā moku kai a me nā moku ʻē aʻe. ʻO nā ʻōmole plastik, ʻeke, nā koena ʻōpala e ʻole e hoʻoheheʻe i ka wai, mai decompose a poho paha. Lele wale lākou ma luna o ka papa a lana like ma lalo o ka mana o nā au.
ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili nui o nā ʻōpala i ke kai i kapa ʻia ʻo Great Pacific Garbage Patch. He "mokupuni" nui kēia o nā ʻano ʻōpala paʻa, e uhi ana i kahi ma kahi o hoʻokahi miliona mau kilomika kilomika. Hoʻokumu ʻia ia ma muli o nā au e lawe i ka ʻōpala mai nā wahi like ʻole o ke kai a kahi hoʻokahi. Ke ulu nei ka wahi o ka landfill kai i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Nā pōpilikia ʻenehana ma ke ʻano he kumu o ka haumia
ʻO ka wahī pahū pahū kaʻaahi kahi kumu maʻamau o ka hoʻohaumia kemikala i ka Moana Pākīpika. ʻO kēia kahi ʻano moku i hoʻolālā ʻia e lawe i nā aila he nui. I nā hanana kūpilikiʻi e pili ana i ka depressurization o nā pahu ukana o ka moku, komo nā huahana aila i loko o ka wai.
ʻO ka haumia nui loa o ka Moana Pākīpika e ka aila i kū i ka makahiki 2010. ʻO kahi pahū a me ke ahi ma luna o kahi pae aila e hana ana ma ke kahawai ʻo Mexico i hōʻino ʻia nā paipu wai o lalo. I ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, ua kiola ʻia i mua o ʻehiku biliona mau aila ʻaila i loko o ka wai. ʻO ka wahi i haumia he 75,000 kilomika kilomika.
Poaching
Ma waho aʻe o nā haumia like ʻole, hoʻololi maoli ke kanaka i nā flora a me nā holoholona o ka Moana Pākīpika. Ma ke ʻano he hopena i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ua hoʻopau loa ʻia kekahi mau ʻano holoholona a me nā mea kanu. ʻO kahi laʻana, hoʻi i ke kenekulia 18, ua pepehi ʻia ka "bipi kai" hope loa - he holoholona e like me ke sila a noho i nā wai o ke Kai Bering. ʻAneʻane like ka ʻino o kekahi ʻano koholā a me nā sila i ka hulu. Aia i kēia manawa nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho koʻikoʻi no ka unuhi ʻana o kēia mau holoholona.
ʻO ka lawaiʻa kū kānāwai ʻole kekahi e hoʻopōʻino nui i ka Moana Pākīpika. ʻO ka nui o ke ola kai ma aneʻi he nui, akā hiki i nā ʻenehana o kēia au ke kiʻi i nā puke nui i kahi kikoʻī i loko o kahi manawa pōkole. Ke mālama ʻia ka lawaiʻa ʻana i ka wā o ka hoʻouluulu ʻana, hiki i ka hoʻōla ʻana iā ʻoe iho i ka heluna kanaka ke lilo i pilikia.
Ma ka laulaha, ke ʻike nei ka Moana Pākīpika i ke kaomi anthropogenic me nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole kūlohelohe. Ma aneʻi, e like me ma ka ʻāina, aia ka haumia me nā ʻōpala a me nā kemika, a me ka luku nui ʻia o ka honua holoholona.
