Eia hou, ua ʻike ʻia ka plastic i nā wahi a pau i ke kai.ʻO ka luʻu ʻana i lalo o ka Mariana Trench, ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ua hiki i 35,849 kapuaʻi, ua ʻōlelo ka mea kālepa ʻo Dallas ʻo Victor Vescovo ua loaʻa i kahi ʻeke plastik.ʻAʻole kēia ʻo ka manawa mua: ʻo ke kolu kēia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka plastic i ka hohonu loa o ka moana.
Ua luʻu ʻo Vescovo i loko o kahi bathyscaphe ma ʻApelila 28 ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kāna huakaʻi "Five Depths", ʻo ia hoʻi kahi huakaʻi i nā wahi hohonu loa o ka moana o ka honua.I loko o nā hola ʻehā o Vescovo ma lalo o ka ʻAuwaha ʻo Mariana, ua nānā ʻo ia i kekahi mau ʻano o ke ola kai, ʻo kekahi paha he ʻano hou - he ʻeke ʻeke a me nā mea lole lole.
Kakaikahi ka poe i hiki i ka hohonu loa.ʻO ka mea ʻenekini Swiss ʻo Jacques Piccard lāua ʻo US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh ka mea mua i ka makahiki 1960. ʻO ka mea ʻimi a me ka mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo National Geographic ʻo James Cameron i hāʻule i lalo o ka moana i ka makahiki 2012. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Cameron i kahi luʻu i kahi hohonu o 35,787 kapuaʻi, pōkole wale nō o 62 kapuaʻi. i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Vescovo ua hiki.
ʻAʻole like me ke kanaka, hāʻule maʻalahi ka plastic.Ma mua o kēia makahiki, ua hoʻāʻo kahi noiʻi i nā amphipods mai ʻeono mau ʻauwaha hohonu hohonu, me ka Marianas, a ʻike ʻia ua pau lākou i nā microplastics.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 2018 i ka plastic hohonu loa i ʻike ʻia - kahi ʻeke kūʻai palupalu - loaʻa he 36,000 kapuaʻi ka hohonu i ka Mariana Trench.Ua ʻike ʻia e nā kānaka ʻepekema ma ka nānā ʻana i ka Deep Sea Debris Database, aia nā kiʻi a me nā wikiō o 5,010 luʻu i nā makahiki he 30 i hala.
ʻO nā ʻōpala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka waihona, ʻo ka plastic ka mea maʻamau, ʻo nā ʻeke plastik ka mea nui loa o ka ʻōpala plastik.ʻO nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe mai nā mea e like me ke kopa, metala, lāʻau a me ka lole.
A hiki i ka 89% o nā plastics i loko o ke aʻo ʻana he hoʻohana hoʻokahi, nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia i hoʻokahi manawa a laila hoʻolei ʻia, e like me nā ʻōmole wai plastik a i ʻole nā papa ʻaina hoʻopau.
ʻAʻole ʻo Mariana Trench he lua pōʻeleʻele ola ʻole, he nui nā kānaka.Ua ʻimi ka NOAA Okeanos Explorer i ka hohonu o ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2016 a ua ʻike i nā ʻano ola like ʻole, me nā ʻano like ʻole e like me ke koʻa, ka iʻa a me ka heʻe.Ua ʻike pū ʻia ka noiʻi 2018 he 17 pakeneka o nā kiʻi plastik i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka waihona i hōʻike i kekahi ʻano o ka launa pū ʻana me ke ola moana, e like me nā holoholona e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka ʻōpala.
ʻO ka plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi ka mea maʻamau a hiki ke lawe i nā haneli mau makahiki a ʻoi aʻe paha e palaho i ka nahele.Wahi a kahi noiʻi ʻo Pepeluali 2017, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka pollution ma ka Mariana Trench ma kekahi mau wahi ma mua o kekahi o nā kahawai haumia loa o Kina.Manaʻo nā mea kākau o ke aʻo ʻana e hiki mai nā mea haumia kemika i loko o nā ʻauwaha ma kahi ʻāpana mai ka plastic i ke kolamu wai.
Loaʻa i nā ʻuolo (ʻulaʻula), ʻeleʻele a me ka pāpaʻi jockey kahi kokoke i kahi makani wai.(E aʻo e pili ana i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe o nā puka makani wai hohonu loa o ka Pākīpika.)
ʻOiai hiki i ka plastic ke komo pololei i ke kai, e like me nā ʻōpala i puhi ʻia mai nā kahakai a i hoʻolei ʻia mai nā moku, ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma 2017 e komo ka hapa nui o ia mea i ke kai mai nā muliwai 10 e kahe ana ma nā wahi noho kanaka.
ʻO nā mea lawaiʻa haʻalele ʻia kekahi kumu nui o ka haumia plastik, me kahi noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma Malaki 2018 e hōʻike ana i ka mea i hana i ka hapa nui o ka Great Pacific Garbage Patch e lana ana ma waena o Hawaii a me Kaleponi.
ʻOiai ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka plastic i loko o ke kai ma mua o ka ʻeke plastik hoʻokahi, ua hoʻololi ʻia kēia mea mai kahi ʻano hoʻohālikelike no ka makani a hiki i kahi laʻana o ka hopena o ke kanaka i ka honua.
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