Ua kūkākūkā ʻo Charles Fishman i ka "hoʻihoʻi" o ka wai ma kāna puke ʻo The Big Thirst.

ʻO kēia mau molekala wai ma ka honua i kēia mau lā he mau haneli miliona mau makahiki.Ke inu nei paha mākou i ka mimi o nā dinosaur.ʻAʻole e ʻike a nalo ka wai ma ka honua me ke kumu ʻole.

ʻO kekahi puke ʻē aʻe, The Future of Water: A Starting Look Ahead, i kākau ʻia e Steve Maxwell lāua ʻo Scott Yates, hōʻike maopopo loa ua inu nā dinosaurs i ka wai like me mākou.E nalowale ka ikehu fossil ma hope o ka puhi ʻana, akā hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka wai.

ʻO ka hapa nui o ka wai ma ko kākou honua he wai paʻakai, i mālama ʻia i loko o ke kai.Aia ma kahi o ka hapalua o ke koena wai hou ma ke ʻano o nā glaciers, ʻo ka hapa ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano o ka wai lepo, a he hapa liʻiliʻi wale nō i mālama ʻia i loko o nā loko, nā muliwai, ka lepo a me ka lewa.Eia kekahi, ʻo kēia ʻāpana liʻiliʻi wale nō e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea ola e noho ana ma ka honua.

Hiki ke kahe mau ka wai ma nā waihona like ʻole o ka honua.No ka laʻana, kahe ka wai o ka muliwai i loko o ka loko, a hiki i ka wai o ka loko ke komo i loko o ka lepo.I ka pōkole, hiki i ka wai i loko o kēia mau waihona ke kaapuni i kēlā me kēia manawa.ʻO ia hoʻi, e hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ka wai a kēlā mau holoholona honua i loko o ko lākou ʻōpū.No laila inu ʻoe i ka wai a ua inu pū nā dinosaur.Pono nō hoʻi e noʻonoʻo.Ma mua o ka puka ʻana mai o ke kanaka, ua kahe ka wai ma ka honua i loko o ke kino o nā dinosaurs no kekahi mau manawa.

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ʻO ka wai a mākou e inu ai
ʻEhia ka nui o ka mimi dinosaur?

He ʻoiaʻiʻo ua ʻai nā kānaka i ka nui o ka wai i kēlā me kēia lā, akā ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā luna o ka honua - nā dinosaurs, ʻaʻole hiki i kā mākou hopena i ka wai ma ka honua i ka lewa a me ka manawa ke piʻi i ka pae i loaʻa i nā dinosaur.ʻO ke au Mesozoic, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka makahiki o nā dinosaurs, he 186 miliona mau makahiki, a ʻo ke kālena ape kahiko loa i ʻike ʻia i ʻehiku miliona mau makahiki i hala.Ma ke kumumanaʻo, ma mua o ka puka ʻana o ke kanaka, ua kahe ka wai ma ka honua i loko o ke kino o nā dinosaurs no nā manawa he nui.

ʻO ke kūkākūkā e pili ana i ka wai inu a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka wai pili pinepine i ka pōʻai wai.Makemake ka poʻe nūpepa a me nā ʻepekema e kaha kiʻi i nā kiʻi maʻalahi a pololei ʻole paha e hōʻike i ke kaʻina o ka pōʻai wai.ʻO ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi, ʻo ka wai ma ka honua i kēia lā ua like ia me nā dinosaurs.

ʻO ka nui o nā kaʻina olaola, kino a me nā kemika e hana mau i ka wai hou.No laila, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka wai e hoʻomau mau ʻia.

No ka laʻana, ʻo ke aniani wai ma kāu pākaukau e hoʻoheheʻe mau ʻia a hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko o nā ion hydrogen a me nā ion hydroxide.Ke lilo ka wai i ionic, ʻaʻole ia he mole wai.

Eia nō naʻe, e hoʻopuka kēia mau ion i nā mole wai hou.Inā hoʻāla hou ʻia kahi mole wai ma hope koke o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ʻana, hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo aku ʻo ia ka wai hoʻokahi.

No laila inā mākou e inu i ka mimi dinosaur a ʻaʻole paha e pili ana i kou ʻike.Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ua ʻona a ʻaʻole paha.

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Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mar-03-2023