ʻAlohi i ka Poʻeleʻele

Na Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena, The Ocean Foundation
Ua ʻike mua ʻia kēia blog ma ka National Geographic's Ocean Views Site

ʻO "Radioactive Plume in the ocean" ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka poʻomanaʻo e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana e hoʻolohe ka poʻe i ka nūhou e pili ana. Ma muli o ka ʻike ma hope mai e hoʻomaka ana kahi puʻu wai o nā mea radioactive mai ka ulia nuklea 2011 ma Fukushima e hōʻea i ke kahakai komohana o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i 2014, he mea kūlohelohe ia e hopohopo e pili ana i nā mea e hana nei me ka Moana Pākīpika, hiki i ka radioactive. pōʻino, a me nā moana maikaʻi. A ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, e paʻi i nā ʻakaʻaka hiki ʻole e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka heʻenalu pō a i ʻole ka lawaiʻa ʻana no ka ʻā i ka pōʻeleʻele. Eia nō naʻe, he mea nui nō hoʻi e hōʻoia i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia kikoʻī e pili ana i ka ʻikepili maikaʻi, ʻaʻole i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana, akā ʻo ka pane nui o ka naʻau e like me ka hopohopo e hiki ai i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o kekahi nui o nā mea radioactive ke hoʻopuka.

ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Sepatemaba ka manawa mua i hiki ai i nā lawaiʻa o ke kahakai hikina hikina o Iapana ke hoʻomākaukau e hoʻi i ke kai mai ka ōlaʻi o 2011 a me nā pilikia ma hope mai me ka mana nuklea ma Fukushima. Ua kiʻekiʻe loa ke kiʻekiʻe o ka radioactivity ma nā kai kokoke i ka moana no ka lōʻihi loa e ʻae ai i ka lawaiʻa—e emi hope ana i loko o nā pae palekana i ʻae ʻia i ka makahiki 2013.

ʻIke lewa o TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant a me kona mau pahu mālama wai haumia. Kiʻi Kiʻi: Reuters

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia kēlā mau hoʻolālā no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kahi o ka pilina mōʻaukala o ka ʻāina i luku ʻia i ke kai e nā hōʻike hou ʻana o nā kahe wai radioactive nui mai ka mea kanu i poino. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā miliona mau galani wai no ka mālama ʻana i nā reactor nuklea ʻekolu i hōʻino ʻia mai ke ōlaʻi. Ua mālama ʻia ka wai radioactive ma ke kahua i loko o nā pahu i hoʻolālā ʻole ʻia no ka mālama lōʻihi. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ma mua o 80 miliona mau galani wai i mālama ʻia ma ke kahua i kēia manawa, ke hopohopo nei nō ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka liʻiliʻi o 80,000 mau galani wai i hoʻohaumia ʻia, i kēlā me kēia lā, e kahe ana i ka lepo a i loko o ka moana, me ka kānana ʻole ʻia, mai kekahi o nā. nā pahu wai i poino loa. Ke hana nei nā luna e hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia hou aʻe a ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumu kūʻai o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, aia ka hoʻomau o ka hoʻopuka mua ʻana ma hope o nā hanana i ka pūnāwai o 2011.

I ka wā i loaʻa ai ka pōʻino nuklea ma Fukushima, ua lawe wale ʻia kekahi mau ʻāpana radioactive ma waena o ka Pākīpika me ka lewa i loko o kekahi mau lā - ʻaʻole naʻe ma nā pae i manaʻo ʻia he pōʻino. ʻO ka plume i manaʻo ʻia, ua komo nā mea radioactive i loko o nā kai kahakai o Iapana ma nā ʻano ʻekolu-ua hāʻule nā ​​​​particles radioactive mai ka lewa i loko o ke kai, ka wai haumia i hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻāpana radioactive mai ka lepo, a me ka hoʻokuʻu pololei ʻana i ka wai haumia mai ka mea kanu. I ka makahiki 2014, pono e hōʻike ʻia kēlā mea radioactive i nā wai o ʻAmelika - ua lōʻihi ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ʻana i nā pae ma lalo o nā mea a ka World Health Organization i manaʻo ai he palekana. Ua ʻike ʻia ka mea hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo Cesium-137, kahi isotope kūpaʻa, ʻike ʻia e hiki ke ana i nā makahiki he ʻumi a me ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, me ka maopopo o kona kumu, ʻaʻohe mea i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka wai haumia i kahe i ke kai. Ua kōkua ka hoʻoikaika ikaika o ka Pākīpika i ka hoʻopuehu ʻana i nā mea ma o nā ʻano o nā au he nui.

Hōʻike ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona hou loa e hoʻomau ʻia kekahi o nā mea i ka North Pacific Gyre, ʻo ia kahi kahi e hana ai nā au i kahi wahi haʻahaʻa o ka moana e huki ai i nā ʻano ʻōpala a pau o ke kanaka. ʻO ka nui o mākou e hahai ana i nā pilikia moana, ʻike lākou ʻo ia kahi o ka Great Pacific Garbage Patch, ka inoa i hāʻawi ʻia i kēlā wahi kahi i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ai ke kahe o ka moana a hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻōpala, nā kemika, a me nā ʻōpala kanaka ʻē aʻe mai nā wahi mamao-ʻo ka hapa nui. liʻiliʻi ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike koke ʻia. Eia hou, ʻoiai e hiki ana i nā mea noiʻi ke ʻike i nā isotopes i hele mai mai Fukushima mai—ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻia e hiki ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka radioactive i ka Gyre. Pēlā nō, i nā hiʻohiʻona e hōʻike ana i ka mea e kahe ana a hiki i ka moana ʻĀina-e ʻike ʻia, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia.

ʻO ka hope, pili ko mākou hopohopo me kā mākou kahaha. Aia ko mākou hopohopo i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o ka poʻe lawaiʻa kai Iapana mai ko lākou ola ʻana, a me ka nalowale ʻana o nā wai kahakai i kumu o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana. Ke hopohopo nei mākou e pili ana i nā hopena o ia mau kiʻekiʻe o ka radioactivity i ka manawa i loko o nā wai kahakai ma nā mea ola āpau i loko. A ke lana nei ko makou manao e akahele na luna e hooiaio pono i ka holoi pono ana i ka wai haumia hou ma mua o ka hooleiia ana aku iloko o ke kai, no ka mea, ua nele ka waihona waihona pahu pahu i ka hoomalu ana i ke kai. Manaʻolana mākou he manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻomaopopo pono ai i nā hopena o kēia mau pōʻino, a aʻo i nā ala e pale ʻia ai kēlā pōʻino i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

ʻO kā mākou kamahaʻo kēia: pili ka moana honua iā mākou a pau, a ʻo kā mākou hana ma kahi ʻāpana o ka moana e hoʻopilikia ai i nā wahi o ka moana ma waho aʻe o ka lewa. ʻO nā au ikaika e hāʻawi iā mākou i ko mākou lewa, kākoʻo i kā mākou hoʻouna ʻana, a hoʻonui i ka huahana o ka moana, kōkua pū kekahi i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i kā mākou mau hewa hewa. ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mahana o ka moana e hoʻololi paha i kēlā mau au. ʻAʻole manaʻo ka dilution ʻaʻohe pōʻino. A ʻo kā mākou paʻakikī ke hana i nā mea hiki iā mākou - ka pale ʻana a me ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana - no laila ʻaʻole ʻo kā mākou hoʻoilina ka cesium-137 hiki ke ʻike ʻia i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki, akā he moana ola maikaʻi loa ka cesium-137 he mea ʻokoʻa wale nō ia no kēlā nā mea noiʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻaʻole kahi hōʻino hui.

ʻOiai mākou e hele nei i loko o ka nui o nā kuhi hewa a me ka hysteria ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka ʻepekema, he haʻawina ʻo Fukushima iā mākou a pau, ʻoiai ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hale hana nuklea ma kahakai. ʻAʻohe mea kānalua he koʻikoʻi ka hoʻohaumia ʻana o ka radioactive i nā kai kahakai o Iapana a ke ʻoi aku ka ʻino. A i kēia manawa, me he mea lā e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana nā ʻōnaehana kūlohelohe o ka moana ʻaʻole e loaʻa i nā kaiāulu kahakai o nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻohaumia like ʻana mai kēia pilikia.

Ma ʻaneʻi ma The Ocean Foundation, ke hana nei mākou i ka mea maikaʻi loa e kākoʻo i ke kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana e hoʻomākaukau ai no nā hōʻino i hana ʻia e ke kanaka a me nā pōʻino kūlohelohe, a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i nā ikehu kai palekana, e like me nā mea e loaʻa ai ka ikehu hou mai ka mana ikaika loa ma ka honua - ko mākou moana (see more).