EnvironmentAlexis McIntosh

Three topics:

• Invasive Species

• Erosion

• Pollution

Invasive Species

The rose-

ringed parakeet

was introduced

to the islands

about 50 years

ago Officials are concerned

about the effects of

birds flying higher into

the mountains and

having an impact on

native plants and

watersheds.

Left unchecked and

uncontrolled, the parakeet

population here could

explode to more than 10,000

birds in the next five years

The birds not only eat up

fruit crops but also

contaminate fruits and

vegetables.

Erosion

A new study by the University of Hawaii shows

the state is on pace to lose 100 feet of beach in

the coming decades and Maui is most at risk

A hundred feet of shoreline erosion around Hawaii

takes us into homes and communities and

highways so this is a coming problem that has

already started

Pollution

Contamination of ground water with organic chemicals,

pollution of coastal waters with sediments and pathogens

from runoff, presence of numerous chemicals in active

and former Department of Defense (DoD) sites are other

challenges

Remediation of

contaminated soil and

ground water appears

to have a major

market share of the

environmental

industry

www.usnews.com/news/best-states/hawaii/articles/2017-02-28/parakeets-

cause-health-environmental-problems-on-hawaii

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/23320391/study-shows-hawaii-

beaches-are-eroding-at-alarming-rate

http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJTTC.2005.005796