Hoʻomohala nā haumāna ʻelua i ka maʻi bacteria e ʻai ana i ka plastic i hiki ke mālama i ko mākou wai

ʻO ka lolo ma hope o ka ʻike

Ua loaʻa i nā haumāna mai Vancouver, British Columbia, kahi ʻike kipi, hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ka pollution plastic i loko o ko mākou moana, ʻo ia ke kumu o ka make ʻana o nā holoholona moana he nui. ʻO wai ka mea i ʻike i kēia bacteria ʻai ʻana i ka plastic? He iwakāluakūmākahi a me iwakāluakūmālua makahiki ʻo Miranda Wang lāua ʻo Jeanny Yao. I ko lāua makahiki kiʻekiʻe o ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua loaʻa iā lāua kahi manaʻo, kahi e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pilikia haumia ma ko lāua mau muliwai kūloko ma Vancouver. 

Ua kono ʻia nā haumāna e kūkākūkā i kā lākou ʻike "pōʻino" a koi i ke kaulana ma kahi kamaʻilio TED ma 2013. Ma ka nānā ʻana i nā mea haumia plastik maʻamau, ua ʻike lākou ua hoʻohui ʻia ka kemika nui i loaʻa i loko o ka plastic, i kapa ʻia ʻo phthalate, i "hoʻonui i ka loli, ka lōʻihi. a me ka ʻikea” o nā plastic. Wahi a nā ʻepekema ʻōpio, i kēia manawa "470 miliona paona o ka phthalate e hoʻohaumia i ko mākou ea, wai, a me ka lepo."

ʻO ka Breakthrough

Ma muli o ka nui o nā kiʻekiʻe o ka phthalate i loko o ko lākou mau wai o Vancouver, ua manaʻo lākou aia kekahi mau bacteria i hoʻololi ʻia e hoʻohana i ka kemika. Ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia wahi ua loaʻa iā lākou ka bacteria i hana pēlā. ʻO kā lākou bacteria e hoʻopaʻa pono a wāwahi i ka phthalate. Me ka maʻi bacteria, ua hoʻohui lākou i nā enzymes i ka hopena e wāwahi hou ai i ka phthalate. ʻO nā huahana hope he carbon dioxide, wai, a me ka waiʻona. 

ʻO ka Future

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