ʻO ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka hau kai Antarctic ma ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa | Greenpeace int.

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile — Hōʻike ka ʻikepili mai ka National Sea Ice Data Center e hiki aku ana ka hau kai Antarctic i kona palena haʻahaʻa loa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e nā satelite i kēia makahiki.[1] Hōʻike nā ana mua ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hau kai a puni ka ʻāina ma mua o ka liʻiliʻi o 2,1 miliona mau kilomika square i Malaki 2017 a ua hāʻule i 20 miliona mau kilomika square i ka lā Lāpule, Pepeluali 1,98.

Ma luna o kahi huakaʻi ʻepekema i Antarctica ʻo Laura Meller mai ka hoʻolaha Greenpeace "Protect The Oceans" [2]:

"He mea weliweli ka ʻike ʻana i kēia moana hau e hehee ana. ʻO nā hopena o kēia mau hoʻololi e hoʻonui i ka honua, e pili ana i nā pūnaewele meaʻai kai a puni ka honua. Ua hōʻoia kā mākou huakaʻi ʻepekema hou i Antarctica e pili ana ka pilikia o ke aniau i nā ʻano mea nui ma ka ʻāina.[3] I ka makahiki 2020, ua ʻike mākou i ka hiki ʻana o ka Arctic i kāna lua haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka hau hau ma ka moʻolelo. I kēia manawa pono mākou i kahi pūnaewele puni honua o nā wahi palekana moana ma waena o nā haunaele pole-to-pole. Ke hilinaʻi nei kēlā me kēia kanaka ma ka honua i ke kai olakino e ola ai; He ʻōlelo aʻo maopopo kēia e pono mākou e pale iā lākou no ka wā pau ʻole. "

I loko o nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻāina i nā loli nui o ka nui o ka hau kai, akā ʻaʻole i ʻike mua ʻia ka emi ʻana o kēia makahiki mai ka wā i hoʻomaka ai nā ana. Ke aʻo nei nā kānaka ʻepekema i ka hoʻoikaika paʻakikī ma waena o ka hoʻomehana honua a me ke ʻano o ka hau kai, ʻike ʻia ka haki ʻana o ke aniau ma ka ʻāina, me ka wikiwiki o kekahi mau wahi o Antarctica ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.

Ke emi nei ka nui o ka hau Antarctic i ʻekolu manawa ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o kēia lā ma mua o ka makahiki 1990, e kōkua ana i ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻilikai honua.[4] Ua hoʻomaka mua ka hoʻomehana ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i ka hema a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā krill Antarctic, kahi ʻano nui.[5] Ua hōʻoia ka huakaʻi Greenpeace i Antarctica i kēia manawa e ulu hou ana nā penguins gentoo ma ke kūkulu hema ma muli o ka pilikia aniau.[3]

He kī nui nā kai olakino e hōʻemi i ka hopena o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau i ko lākou kōkua ʻana i ia mea e mālama pono i ke kalapona mai ka lewa. Wahi a nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻo ka pale ʻana ma kahi o 30% o ka moana ma o kahi pūnaewele o nā wahi i pale ʻia he kī nui e ʻae ai i nā kaiaola kai e lilo i mea kūpaʻa e kū pono i nā loli wikiwiki. Ke koi nei ʻo Greenpeace i kahi kuʻikahi moana honua, i hiki ke ʻae ʻia i ka United Nations i 2022, hiki ke ʻae i ka hana ʻana i kahi pūnaewele o nā wahi palekana moana me ka ʻole o nā hana ʻino kanaka i nā wai honua.[6]

[1] https://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph

[2] ʻO Laura Meller he mea hana moana a he kākā'ōlelo polar ma Greenpeace Nordic

[3] https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/scientists-discover-new-penguin-colonies-that-reveal-impacts-of-the-climate-crisis-in-the-antarktis

[4] https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/

[5] https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/

[6] https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/21604/30×30-a-blueprint-for-ocean-protection/