Hoʻokomo ʻo Australia i nā mea ʻike maikaʻi wai ma ka Great Barrier Reef

Ua hoʻokomo ke aupuni ʻAukekulelia i nā mea ʻike ma nā ʻāpana o ka Great Barrier Reef e hoʻopaʻa i ka maikaʻi o ka wai.
Uhi ka Great Barrier Reef i kahi ʻāpana o kahi o 344,000 kilomika kuea mai ke kahakai ʻākau hikina o Australia. Loaʻa iā ia nā haneli o nā mokupuni a me nā tausani o nā ʻano kūlohelohe i kapa ʻia he mau koʻa.
Ke ana nei nā mea ʻike i nā pae o ka lepo a me nā mea kalapona e kahe ana mai ka muliwai ʻo Fitzroy a i Keppel Bay ma Queensland. Aia kēia wahi ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka Great Barrier Reef. Hiki i kēia mau mea ke hōʻino i ke ola kai.
Ke mālama ʻia nei ka papahana e ka Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), he keʻena aupuni o Australia. Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena e hoʻohana ana ka hana i nā mea ʻike a me ka ʻikepili ukali e ana i nā loli i ka maikaʻi o ka wai.
Wahi a nā loea, ua hoʻoweliweli ʻia ka maikaʻi o nā kahawai kahakai a me uka o Australia e ka piʻi ʻana o ka mahana, ke kūlanakauhale ʻana, ka luku ʻāina, a me ka haumia.

ʻO Alex Held ke kahu o ka papahana. Ua haʻi aku ʻo ia iā VOA he mea hōʻino paha ka lepo i ke ola kai no ka mea ke ālai nei i ka lā mai ka papakū kai. ʻO ka nele o ka lā hiki ke hōʻino i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu kai a me nā meaola ʻē aʻe. Noho pū ka lepo ma luna o nā koʻa pōhaku, e hoʻopilikia ana i ke ola kai ma laila.
E hoʻohana ʻia nā mea ʻike a me nā satelite e ana i ka pono o nā papahana e pili ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ke kahe a i ʻole ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka lepo o ka muliwai i loko o ke kai, wahi a Held.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Held ua hoʻokō ke aupuni o ʻAukekulelia i kekahi mau papahana e hoʻēmi i ka hopena o ka lepo ma ke ola kai. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana me ka ʻae ʻana i nā mea kanu e ulu ma nā kahawai a me nā kino wai ʻē aʻe e pale aku i ke komo ʻana o ka lepo.
Ua ʻōlelo aku nā mea mālama i ke kaiapuni e kū nei ka Great Barrier Reef i nā hoʻoweliweli he nui. ʻO kēia mau mea e komo pū ana me ka loli o ke aniau, ka haumia a me ka wai kahe o ka mahiʻai. Loaʻa ka ʻaʻa no kahi o 2,300 kilomita a ua kau ʻia ma ka Papa Inoa Hoʻoilina Honua o nā Aupuni Hui Pū ʻIa mai ka makahiki 1981.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale ʻana ke kaʻina hana e haʻalele ai ka poʻe i nā wahi kuaʻāina a hele mai e noho i nā kūlanakauhale.