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- 1. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN HAWAII By: Aaron Shields
- 2. HAWAII is faced with serious environmental issues such as, Trash on the beaches, Invasive species, and Coral bleaching.
- 3. TRASH ON THE BEACHES
- 4. “Most of what was mapped is common, everyday items that someone haphazardly tossed onto the ground or directly into the water,"
- 5. The increased plastic waste on Hawaii's shoreline is a big deal because it's affecting the state's wildlife
- 7. Invasive species threaten biodiversity by causing disease, acting as predators, parasites, or competitors, altering habitat, or by hybridizing with local species
- 8. Tiny Hawaii, occupying just one percent of the country's landmass, is home to about thirty percent of its threatened and endangered species, including 330 federally listed plants and animals
- 10. Warming sea temperatures have bleached 47 percent of coral reefs overall and nearly 10 percent have died at Hanauma Bay during the ongoing global bleaching
- 11. United Nations Environment Program cite climate-related bleaching as "the largest single cause" of a 27 percent loss of coral reefs since 2000
- 12. Sources and Images • http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/03/us/hawaii-island-trash-problem- irpt/index.html article/images • https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaiis-beaches-covered-garbage- 080000007.html image • http://www.zmescience.com/ecology/hawaii-invasive-species-05092016/ Image/article • http://truth-out.org/archive/component/k2/item/89156:hawaii-model-in-the- battle-for-biodiversity-2 Article • https://www.fsvaldovinos.com/?lightbox=imageptd image • https://www.courthousenews.com/hawaiian-reef-danger- bleaching-event-continues/ Image/article • https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/bleaching-poses- threat-hawaii-s-coral-reefs-scientists-say-n393786 article/image • http://www.freeimages.com/search/hawaii-environment images
Editor's Notes
- Originally, there was speculation that Japan's devastating 2011 tsunami had brought a wave of debris to Hawaii's islands, but recent results from an aerial survey suggest otherwise This survey was conducted so that these groups could see how big of an impact the Japanese storm had on Hawaii. It turns out the catastrophic storm wasn't the trash culprit
- The increased plastic waste on Hawaii's shoreline is a big deal because it's affecting the state's wildlife. There's evidence that marine life and seabirds have been ingesting bits of plastic, which is detrimental to their health. It's not just small pieces of plastic washing ashore. Some of this marine debris includes big items like derelict fishing gear, foam, tires, even abandoned vessels. The survey, which was funded by the Ministry of Environment of Japan, concluded that this trash is threatening many critical habitats in and around Hawaii, such as coral reefs that harbor some unique species, like the world's biggest sponge, which was recently discovered by scientists of the state's coast.
- When you think of invasive species, you’d perhaps think of something exotic, but most invasive species are actually quite common. In fact, they’re invasive and common for the same reason – they’re highly adaptable and can thrive in different environments. Because Hawaii is a group of volcanic islands, life here evolved differently from other places and many species are endemic, unique to Hawaii biodiversity in Hawaii is threatened by non-native ungulates such as deer, goats and cattle and by wild pigs
- Loss of biodiversity is a global problem, but Menard points out that in Hawaii, with both high species diversity and high endemism, the rate of loss can happen much faster and is more pronounced
- Researchers found temperature is by far the largest factor in coral bleaching at Hanauma Bay, where fish, coral and other organisms are protected. Despite past and current efforts to protect the coral reef ecosystem, carbon will continue to be absorbed by the ocean and water temperatures will continue to rise if current global carbon emission levels maintain, the team warns. Some 70 percent of coral reefs across the world have been affected by bleaching
- Hawaii's "economy is so fundamentally tied to the corals," says Ruth Gates, a research professor at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology. Bleaching has affected as much as 60 percent of the state's coral since last fall The potential result could be widespread death of corals and an effect on the "long-term supply" of fish and shellfish, according to the report