“Idan duk abin da ke ƙasa zai mutu gobe, duk abin da ke cikin teku zai yi kyau. Amma idan duk abin da ke cikin teku ya mutu, duk abin da ke cikin ƙasa ma zai mutu.”

ALANNA MITCHELL | DAN JARIDA KIMIYYAR KANADA MAI CIN KYAUTA

Alanna Mitchell yana tsaye a kan wani ɗan ƙaramin dandali na baƙar fata, a tsakiyar wata farar da'irar da aka zana mai kimanin ƙafa 14 a diamita. A bayanta, allon allo yana riƙe da babban harsashi na teku, guntun alli, da gogewa. A gefenta na hagu, wani teburi mai saman gilashi yana ɗauke da tulun vinegar da gilashin ruwa guda ɗaya. 

Ina kallo cikin shiru tare da 'yan uwana masu sauraro, zaune a kan kujera a dandalin REACH na Cibiyar Kennedy. Nunin su na COAL + ICE, baje kolin daukar hoto wanda ke nuna zurfin tasirin canjin yanayi, ya lullube matakin kuma yana kara bacin rai ga wasan mace daya. A kan allon majigi ɗaya, wuta tana ruri a kan wani buɗaɗɗen fili. Wani allo yana nuna jinkirin da tabbataccen lalatawar iyakoki a Antarctica. Kuma a tsakiyarsu, Alanna Mitchell ta tsaya tana ba da labarin yadda ta gano cewa teku tana ɗauke da maɓalli ga dukan rayuwa a duniya.

"Ni ba dan wasan kwaikwayo ba ne," Mitchell ya shaida min sa'o'i shida kafin lokacin, tsakanin sautin sauti. Muna tsaye a gaban ɗayan allon nunin. Guguwar Irma ta kama Saint Martin a cikin 2017 rafukan da ke kan madauki a bayanmu, tare da bishiyar dabino suna girgiza iska da motoci suna kifewa a ƙarƙashin ambaliyar ruwa. Ya bambanta sosai da natsuwar Mitchell da kyakkyawan fata.

A zahiri, Mitchell's Marasa Lafiyar Teku: Tekun Duniya cikin Rikici bai kamata ya zama wasan kwaikwayo ba. Mitchell ta fara aikinta a matsayin ɗan jarida. Mahaifinta masanin kimiyya ne, wanda ya yi tarihin al'adun gargajiya a Kanada kuma yana koyar da karatun Darwin. A zahiri, Mitchell ya sha'awar yadda tsarin duniyarmu ke aiki.

"Na fara rubutu game da ƙasa da yanayi, amma na manta game da teku." Mitchell yayi bayani. "Ban sani ba sosai don gane cewa teku shine muhimmin yanki na wannan tsarin. Don haka lokacin da na gano shi, sai kawai na kaddamar da wannan tafiya ta tsawon shekaru da dama na yin bincike da masana kimiyya game da abin da ya faru da teku." 

Wannan binciken ya sa Mitchell ta rubuta littafinta Mara lafiyan Teku a cikin 2010, game da canjin ilmin sunadarai na teku. Yayin da take zagayawa tana tattaunawa game da bincikenta da sha'awarta a bayan littafin, ta shiga cikin Darakta mai fasaha Franco Boni. "Kuma ya ce, ka sani, 'Ina tsammanin za mu iya juya hakan zuwa wasan kwaikwayo." 

A cikin 2014, tare da taimakon Cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo, tushen a Toronto, da kuma co-darektoci Franco Boni da Ravi Jain, Marasa lafiya Sea, wasan kwaikwayo, aka kaddamar. Kuma a ranar 22 ga Maris, 2022, bayan shekaru na yawon shakatawa. Mara lafiyan Teku Ya fara halarta a karon farko a Amurka Kennedy Center a Washington, DC. 

Yayin da na tsaya tare da Mitchell kuma na bar muryarta mai kwantar da hankali ta wanke ni - duk da guguwar da ke kan allon nuni a bayanmu - Ina tunani game da ikon gidan wasan kwaikwayo don haifar da bege, ko da a lokacin hargitsi. 

"Yana da wani nau'i mai ban sha'awa na fasaha kuma ina son tattaunawar da ta buɗe, wasu daga cikinsu ba a faɗi ba, tsakanina da masu sauraro," in ji Mitchell. "Na yi imani da ikon fasaha don canza zukata da tunani, kuma ina tsammanin wasan kwaikwayo na yana ba wa mutane mahallin fahimta. Ina tsammanin yana iya taimaka wa mutane su ƙaunaci duniya. "

Alanna Mitchell
Alanna Mitchell ta zana lambobi ga masu sauraro a wasanta na mace ɗaya, Sea Sick. Hoto ta Aljanna Santiago

A cikin filin REACH, Mitchell yana tunatar da mu cewa teku shine babban tsarin tallafin rayuwa. Lokacin da ainihin ilimin sunadarai na teku ya canza, wannan haɗari ne ga duk rayuwa a duniya. Ta juya zuwa allon allo yayin da "Lokacin da suke A-Changin" na Bob Dylan ke sake fitowa a bango. Ta tsara jerin lambobi a sassa uku daga dama zuwa hagu, kuma ta sanya musu lakabin "Lokaci," "Carbon," da "pH". A kallon farko, lambobin suna da yawa. Amma kamar yadda Mitchell ya juya baya don yin bayani, gaskiyar ta fi jan hankali. 

“A cikin shekaru 272 kacal, mun tura tsarin sinadarai na tsarin tallafawa rayuwar duniya zuwa wuraren da ba a kasance a ciki ba tsawon dubun-dubatar shekaru. A yau, muna da ƙarin carbon dioxide a cikin yanayi fiye da yadda muke da shi aƙalla shekaru miliyan 23… Kuma a yau, tekun ya fi acidic fiye da yadda yake da shekaru miliyan 65.” 

"Wannan lamari ne mai ban tsoro," na ambata Mitchell yayin duban sautinta, wanda shine daidai yadda Mitchell ke son masu sauraronta su amsa. Ta tuno karatun babban rahoto na farko akan acidification na teku, wanda Royal Society of London ya fitar a cikin 2005. 

“Abin ya kasance mai ban mamaki sosai. Babu wanda ya san wannan," Mitchell ya dakata ya yi murmushi mai taushi. “Mutane ba sa magana game da shi. Ina tafiya daga wannan jirgin bincike zuwa wani, kuma waɗannan ƙwararrun masana kimiyya ne, kuma zan ce, 'Wannan shi ne abin da na gano yanzu,' kuma za su ce '...Da gaske?"

Kamar yadda Mitchell ya ce, masana kimiyya ba su haɗa dukkan bangarorin binciken teku ba. Maimakon haka, sun yi nazarin ƙananan sassa na dukan tsarin teku. Har yanzu ba su san yadda ake haɗa waɗannan sassan zuwa yanayin mu na duniya ba. 

A yau, kimiyyar acidification na teku wani yanki ne mafi girma na tattaunawa na duniya da kuma tsara batun carbon. Kuma ba kamar shekaru 15 da suka gabata ba, masana kimiyya yanzu suna nazarin halittu a cikin yanayin halittun su kuma suna danganta waɗannan binciken da abin da ya faru shekaru ɗaruruwan miliyoyin da suka gabata - don nemo abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma haifar da maki daga ɓarna da yawa a baya. 

The downside? Mitchell ya ce: "Ina tsammanin muna ƙara fahimtar yadda ƙaramin taga zai iya kawo canji da ƙyale rayuwa kamar yadda muka sani ta ci gaba." Ta ambata a cikin wasanta, “Wannan ba ilimin mahaifina ba ne. A zamanin mahaifina, masana kimiyya suna yin aikin gabaɗaya don duba dabba ɗaya, don gano yawan jariran da take da su, abin da take ci, yadda take yin lokacin sanyi. Ya kasance cikin nishaɗi. "

To, me za mu iya yi? 

“Bege tsari ne. Ba batun ƙarshe ba ne.”

ALANNA MITCHELL

"Ina so in faɗi wani masanin kimiyyar yanayi daga Jami'ar Columbia, sunanta Kate Marvel," Mitchell ya dakata don tunawa. "Daya daga cikin abubuwan da ta fada game da rahotannin baya-bayan nan daga kwamitin gwamnatocin kasa da kasa kan sauyin yanayi shi ne cewa yana da matukar muhimmanci ku rike ra'ayoyi biyu a cikin ku lokaci guda. Daya shi ne nawa ne a yi. Amma ɗayan shine nisan da muka yi, riga. Kuma abin da na zo gare shi ke nan. A gare ni, bege tsari ne. Ba batun ƙarshe ba ne.”

A cikin dukan tarihin rayuwa a duniya, wannan lokaci ne da ba a saba gani ba. Amma a cewar Mitchell, wannan yana nufin cewa muna kan madaidaicin yanayi a juyin halittar ɗan adam, inda muke da “ƙalubale mai ban mamaki kuma mun gano yadda za mu tunkari shi.”

"Ina son mutane su san ainihin abin da ke cikin haɗari da abin da muke yi. Domin ina ganin mutane suna mantawa da hakan. Amma ina ganin yana da mahimmanci a san cewa wasan bai kare ba tukuna. Har yanzu muna da ɗan lokaci don inganta abubuwa, idan mun zaɓi. Kuma a nan ne gidan wasan kwaikwayo da fasaha suka shigo: Na yi imani cewa al’ada ce ta motsa mu da za ta kai mu inda ya kamata mu je.”

A matsayin gidauniyar al'umma, Gidauniyar Ocean ta san da farko ƙalubalen da ke tattare da wayar da kan jama'a game da batutuwan da suka mamaye duniya yayin da suke ba da mafita na bege. Sana'o'in suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen fassara kimiyya ga masu sauraro waɗanda za su iya koyo game da wani al'amari a karon farko, kuma Sea Sick ya yi haka. TOF tana alfahari da yin aiki a matsayin abokin aikin kashe carbon tare da Cibiyar wasan kwaikwayo don tallafawa kiyaye mazauna bakin teku da maidowa.

Don ƙarin bayani game da Sea Sick, danna nan. Koyi game da Alanna Mitchell nan.
Don ƙarin bayani game da Ƙaddamar Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Teku na Ƙasashen Duniya, danna nan.

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