Me ka liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe, manaʻo kekahi e lilo ʻo Arctic i wahi ʻole plastic-free, akā hōʻike kahi noiʻi hou ʻaʻole mamao loa mai ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Ke ʻimi nei nā mea noiʻi e aʻo ana i ka Moana Arctic i nā ʻōpala palaka ma nā wahi āpau. Wahi a Tatiana Schlossberg o ka New York Times, ua like ka wai o Arctic me he ʻāina hoʻolei no ka plastic e lana ana me nā au kai.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka plastic i ka makahiki 2013 e kahi hui o nā mea noiʻi honua ma kahi huakaʻi ʻelima mau mahina a puni ka honua ma luna o ka moku noiʻi ʻo Tara. Ma ke ala, lawe lākou i nā laʻana o ka wai kai e nānā i ka pollution plastic. ʻOiai he haʻahaʻa loa ka nui o nā plastics, aia lākou ma kekahi wahi ma Greenland a ma ka ʻākau o ke Kai Barents kahi i kiʻekiʻe ʻole ai ka nui. Ua paʻi lākou i kā lākou ʻike ma ka puke pai Science Advances.
Ke ʻike ʻia nei ke neʻe ʻana o ka ʻilika i ka pole ma ka ʻaoʻao thermohaline gyre, kahi au "conveyor belt" moana e lawe ana i ka wai mai ka Moana ʻAkelanika haʻahaʻa i nā pou. "Ua make ʻo Greenland a me ke Kai Barents i kēia pipeline polar," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea kākau alakaʻi aʻoaʻo Andrés Cozar Cabañas, kahi mea noiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Cadiz ma Sepania, i loko o kahi nūpepa.
Manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi ʻo ka nui o ka plastic i loko o ka ʻāina he mau haneli mau tons, ʻo ia hoʻi he mau haneli haneli mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia kilomika square. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pālākiō, wahi a ka poʻe noiʻi, no ka mea, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka palaka ma ka iʻa ma ka ʻāina.
Ua haʻi ʻo Eric van Sebille, ka mea kākau o ka noiʻi iā Rachel van Sebille ma The Verge: "ʻOiai maikaʻi ka hapa nui o ka Arctic, aia ʻo Bullseye, aia kēia wahi wela me nā wai haumia loa."
ʻOiai ʻaʻole paha e hoʻolei pololei ʻia ka plastic i loko o ke Kai Barents (he kino hau anuanu ma waena o Scandinavia a me Rūsia), ʻo ke ʻano o ka plastic i loaʻa e hōʻike ana aia i loko o ke kai no kekahi manawa.
"ʻO nā ʻāpana o ka plastic i ka mua he ʻīniha a he kapuaʻi paha ka nui i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai ka lā, a laila e wāwahi ʻia i loko o nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi, a laila e hana i kēia ʻāpana plastik ka nui o ka millimeter, a mākou i kapa ai he microplastic." - ʻO Carlos Duarte, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Chris Mooney o The Washington Post. "Ma kēia kaʻina hana mai kekahi mau makahiki a i ʻumi makahiki. No laila ke ʻano o nā mea a mākou e ʻike nei e hōʻike ana ua komo ia i loko o ka moana i nā makahiki he mau makahiki aku nei."
Wahi a Schlossberg, ʻo 8 miliona mau ʻilika e komo i ka moana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a i kēia lā ma kahi o 110 miliona mau toni plastik e hōʻiliʻili ʻia i loko o nā wai o ka honua. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻōpala plastik ma nā wai Arctic ma mua o hoʻokahi pākēneka o ka huina, ua haʻi ʻo Duarte iā Muni ua hoʻomaka wale ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o ka ʻōpala palaka ma ka Arctic. ʻO nā makahiki he ʻumi o ka plastic mai ka hikina US a me ʻEulopa ke hele mau nei a hiki i ka hopena i ka Arctic.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe noiʻi i kekahi mau gyres subtropical i ka moana o ka honua kahi e hōʻiliʻili ai nā microplastics. ʻO ka mea e hopohopo nei e hui pū ka Arctic i kēia papa inoa. "He hopena make kēia wahi, waiho nā au o ka moana i nā ʻōpala ma luna o ka ʻili," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Maria-Luise Pedrotti ma kahi hoʻolaha. "Ke ʻike nei paha mākou i ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma ka Honua me ka ʻole o ka hoʻomaopopo piha ʻana i nā pilikia i nā mea ulu a me nā holoholona kūloko."
ʻOiai ke ʻimi ʻia nei kekahi mau manaʻo pie-in-the-sky no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā ʻōpala o ka moana mai ka plastic, ʻo ia hoʻi ka papahana Ocean Cleanup, ua hoʻoholo nā mea noiʻi i loko o kahi nūpepa ʻo ka hopena maikaʻi loa ʻo ka hana ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e pale i ke ʻano o ka plastic ma mua. I ke kai.
ʻO Jason Daley kahi mea kākau ma Madison, Wisconsin i hoʻokumu i ka moʻolelo kūlohelohe, ʻepekema, huakaʻi, a me ke kaiapuni. Ua paʻi ʻia kāna hana ma Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men's Journal a me nā nūpepa ʻē aʻe.
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