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The city we chose is Honolulu  in Hawaii, because this place seems to be like a paradise, but it is not. Indeed, this place is very polluted and threatened by global warming. For example, Honolulu’s waters are polluted with many different factors, and the entirety of the archipelago is endangered by sea level rise and loss of biodiversity. However, even if Honolulu and the Hawaiian archipelago is threatened by pollution and global warming, there are solutions to reduce those impacts.

Water pollution (Cécile):

https://www.speakupforblue.com/show/speak-up-for-the-ocean-blue/show-177/#:~:text=Conclusion%3A,complex%20water%20crisis%20in%20Hawaii 

→ Some causes of water pollution

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-potential-threat-to-honolulus-water-supply-lurking-underground-60-minutes/

→ Water pollution is in part caused by an accident that happened in Pearl  Harbor military base

https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/science/sentinel-site-program/hawaiihumpbackwhale/water-quality.html

→ impacts on biodiversity (whales)

https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/local-news/2022-02-08/chronic-water-pollution-found-in-honolulu-kaneohe-and-haleiwa

→ waters are also polluted by bacterias

https://health.hawaii.gov/cwb/clean-water-branch-home-page/polluted-runoff-control-program/#:~:text=Kaaawa%20Valley%2C%20O%CA%BBahu),areas%2C%20agriculture%2C%20and%20cesspools

→ program to protect against water pollution, and explain how the sea is contaminated by pollution

Sea level rise (Sacha):

https://climate.hawaii.gov/hi-facts/sea-level-rise/

    → datas and consequences of sea level rise in Honolulu + what will happen next

https://www.hawaiibusiness.com/sea-level-rise-effects-honolulu-hawaii-waikiki-map-future-climate-change/

  → solutions considered to limit the damages

https://earth.org/data_visualization/sea-level-rise-by-2100-honolulu/

  → sea level rise projection map Honolulu, sea level rise is speeding up

https://climate.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OCCL23-Sea-Level-Rise-Report-FY22-1.pdf

→ Hawaii sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation report, from 2022

https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/atmospheric-effects/effect-surface-currents/climate-connection-sea-level-rise 

→ causes of this rising

https://youtu.be/fJ7uO7fZCC8?si=yoZV3JutSyZumJmA 

→ video about sea level rise in Honolulu  and the bills it rises

Loss of biodiversity (Lana):

https://www.nature.org/media/hawaii/last_stand_web_lo.pdf

→ hawaii biodiversity is crucial 

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2021/10/21/biodiversity-of-islands-in-peril/

→ scientist warm : some species in danger 

https://www.civilbeat.org/2021/10/preserving-hawaiis-biodiversity-is-up-to-us/

→ Hawaii the extinction capital of the world 

https://www.mauiforestbirds.org/large-scale-habitat-degradation/

→ Habitat loss due to the expansion of invasive species (competition to survive)

https://earth.org/solutions-to-biodiversity-loss/

→ Possible solutions to the loss of biodiversity