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ʻO ka Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOAON) me nā wahi kokoke no 'ApHRICA', he papahana hoʻokele e hoʻokau i nā mea ʻike pH moana ma ʻApelika Hema, Mozambique, Seychelles, a me Mauritius no ka manawa mua. ʻO kēia pāhana he hui lehulehu a pilikino e hoʻopiha i nā āpau no ka noiʻi ʻana i ka wai o ka moana ma East Africa e pili ana i ka US Department of State, ka Ocean Foundation, ka Heising-Simons Foundation, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, a me ka XPRIZE Foundation a me nā ʻoihana noiʻi like ʻole.

Hoʻomaka kēia pule i kahi papa hana hoʻoheheʻe honua a me ka papahana hoʻokele no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā mea ʻike kai ʻokiʻoki ma Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles a me ʻApelika Hema e aʻo ai i ka acidification moana ma East Africa no ka manawa mua. Kapa ʻia ka papahana “OceAn pH Research Iintegration a Chana ʻana ma Africa – APHRIKA". ʻO nā mea haʻiʻōlelo haʻiʻōlelo ka White House Science Envoy for Ocean, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Kauoha ʻO Roshan Ramessur ma ke Kulanui o Mauritius, a me nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻike moana a me nā ʻepekema ʻo Dr. Andrew Dickson o UCSD, Kauka Sam Kalākaua o ke Kulanui o Gothenburg, a me James Beck, Luna Nui o Sunburst Sensors.

APHRIKA he mau makahiki i ka hana ʻana, e hoʻomaka ana me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā hāmeʻa sensor pH moana, ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā poʻe loea alakaʻi a hoʻonui i ke kālā e hoʻohui pū i nā poʻe makemake a me nā ʻenehana hou e hana a hoʻopiha i nā ʻikepili moana i makemake nui ʻia. I Iulai i hala, XPRIZE haawiia ka $2 miliona Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, he hoʻokūkū makana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mea ʻike pH moana e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka ʻakika moana. Hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, hāʻawi ka hui lanakila ʻo Sunburst Sensors, kahi hui liʻiliʻi ma Missoula, Montana, i kā lākou 'iSAMI' moana pH sensor no kēia papahana. ʻO ka iSAMI ua koho ʻia ma muli o kona hiki ʻole ke loaʻa, pololei a me ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana. 

ʻO James Beck, Luna Hoʻokele o Sunburst Sensors me ka iSAMI ('ākau) a me tSAMI (hema), nā mea ʻike pH moana lanakila ʻelua o ka $ 2 miliona Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE. ʻO ka iSAMI he mea maʻalahi e hoʻohana, pololei a kūpono hoʻi i ka moana pH sensor, e kau ʻia ma ApHRICA.

He wahi kūpono ka Moana Inia no kēia papahana hoʻokele ʻaʻole wale no ka mea he mea pohihihi kaulana ia no ka poʻe kālai moana, akā ʻaʻole naʻe ka nānā ʻana i nā kūlana moana i nā wahi he nui o East Africa. APHRIKA e hoʻoikaika i ke kūpaʻa o nā kaiāulu kai, e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hui ʻana o ka moana ma ka ʻāina, a hāʻawi nui i ka Pūnaehana nānā ʻana i ka wai o ka moana honua (GOAON) e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike a me ka pane ʻana i ka ʻakika moana. 

Kaomi ma aneʻi e heluhelu i ka hoʻopuka paʻi ʻana o ka US Department of State ma ApHRICA.