northwest hawaiian islands
Threats to Reefs in Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Submitted by Evan on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 9:39amPublished in
The National Science Foundation announced the results of a study today that investigated the threats to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands (Papahânaumokuâkea Marine National Monument). Please read below for an introduction to the study and then follow the link below that for the full article.
"In the current issue of the journal Coral Reefs, authors Kimberly Selkoe and Benjamin Halpern, both of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California at Santa Barbara, explain how maps of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)--a vast area stretching across more than 1,200 miles of Pacific Ocean--can be used to make informed decisions about protecting the world's fragile coral reefs."
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114538&govDel=USNSF_51
Marine Debris
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The ocean currents and atmospheric winds have carried garbage around the world with certain areas receiving the worst of it. The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” in the northern Pacific has millions of pieces of floating trash spread out over an area the size of Texas. The science lesson “NAME HERE” addresses how these processes work while this lesson discusses the impact that this trash has on living organisms, organizations (such as NOAA) who are working to fix this problem, efforts in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, and things that individuals can do to help.
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