Ka unuhi ʻana i ka wikiwiki i ka ʻenehana

Na Mark J. Spalding, Pelekikena, The Ocean Foundation

Ma ka lā 25 Kepakemapa 2014 ua hele au i kahi hanana Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-Prize ma ka Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) ma Monterey, Kaleponi.
ʻO ka Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-Prize i kēia manawa he $2 miliona ka hoʻokūkū honua e hoʻokūkū nei i nā hui e hana i ka ʻenehana sensor pH e hiki ke ana pono, pololei a kūpono hoʻi i nā kemika moana-ʻaʻole wale no ka mea he 30 pakeneka ʻoi aku ka waika o ka moana ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana. ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka ʻoihana, akā no ka mea, ua ʻike nō hoʻi mākou e hiki ke piʻi aʻe ka ʻakika moana ma nā wahi like ʻole o ka moana i nā manawa like ʻole. ʻO kēia mau ʻano hoʻololi ke manaʻo nei he pono mākou i ka nānā ʻana, ʻoi aku ka ʻikepili i mea e kōkua ai i nā kaiāulu kai a me nā lāhui mokupuni e pane i nā hopena o ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana o ka moana i ko lākou palekana meaʻai a me ka hoʻokele waiwai. ʻElua mau makana: he $1,000,000 Accuracy award - e hana i ka mea ʻike pH kūpono loa, kūpaʻa a pololei; a he $1,000,000 Affordability award - e hana i ka mea ʻike pH liʻiliʻi loa, maʻalahi e hoʻohana, pololei, kūpaʻa, a pololei.

ʻO nā hui 18 i komo no ka Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-Prize mai ʻeono mau ʻāina a me 11 mau mokuʻāina ʻo US; a e hōʻike ana i nā kula moana kiʻekiʻe o ka honua. Eia kekahi, ua ʻoki ʻia kahi hui o nā ʻōpio mai Seaside, Kaleponi (77 mau hui i waiho i kahi komo, 18 wale nō i koho ʻia e hoʻokūkū). Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia nā papahana o nā hui ma Oceanology International ma Lākana, a aia i kēia manawa i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana pahu i hoʻomalu ʻia no kahi o ʻekolu mahina o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana no ka kūlike o ka heluhelu ʻana ma MBARI ma Monterey.

A laila, e hoʻoneʻe ʻia lākou i Puget Sound ma ka Pākīpika Northwest no ʻehā mau mahina o ka hoʻāʻo honua maoli. Ma hope o kēlā, e hoʻāʻo ʻia ke kai hohonu (no kēlā mau mea kani i hiki i ka hopena hope). ʻO kēia mau hoʻāʻo hope loa e hoʻokumu ʻia ma waho o Hawaii a e alakaʻi ʻia i lalo i kahi hohonu o 3000 mau mika (a i ʻole ma lalo o 1.9 mau mile). ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻokūkū ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea kani i pololei loa, a me kahi ʻōnaehana maʻalahi e hoʻohana a maʻalahi hoʻi e kau. A, ʻae, hiki ke lanakila i nā makana ʻelua.

ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana ma ka lab, ka pahu MBARI, ka Pacific Northwest, a ma Hawaii i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻoia i ka ʻenehana i kūkulu ʻia e nā hui 18. Ke kōkua pū ʻia nei ka poʻe komo / hoʻokūkū me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki i ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā ʻoihana a me ka pili ʻana i ka makana hope i ka ʻoihana. ʻO kēia ka mea e hoʻopili pololei i nā mea hoʻopukapuka e lawe i nā huahana sensor lanakila i ka mākeke.

He nui nā mea kūʻai aku o ka ʻoihana ʻenehana a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i makemake i ka ʻenehana e like me Teledyne, nā keʻena noiʻi, ka United States Geological Survey, a me nā hui mālama ʻaila a me nā ʻoihana (no ka ʻimi ʻana i nā leaks). ʻIke ʻia, pili pū ia no ka ʻoihana iʻa iʻa a me ka ʻoihana iʻa i hopu ʻia no ka mea he mea nui ka pH i ko lākou olakino.

ʻO ka pahuhopu o ka makana holoʻokoʻa, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā sensor ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a emi ʻole ke kumukūʻai i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka hiki ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻāina a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kai hohonu a me nā ʻāina ʻoi loa o ka honua. ʻIke ʻia he hana nui i loko o ka logistic e hoʻāʻo i kēia mau mea hana a he mea hoihoi ke ʻike i ka hopena. Manaʻolana mākou ma The Ocean Foundation e ʻae kēia mau ʻenehana hoʻomohala wikiwiki i kā mākou Hoa o ka Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network e loaʻa i nā mea ʻike kūpono a kūpono hoʻi e hoʻonui i ka uhi o kēlā pūnaewele honua a kūkulu i ka waihona ʻike no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pane kūpono a me ka hoʻēmi ʻana. nā hoʻolālā.

Ua ʻike kekahi poʻe ʻepekema (mai MBARI, UC Santa Cruz, Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, a me ka Monterey Bay Aquarium) i ka hanana ʻana e like me ka meteor e hele ana i ka honua. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopaneʻe i ka hana a hiki i ka pau ʻana o nā haʻawina lōʻihi a waiho ʻia i nā puke pai e nānā ʻia e nā hoa no ka paʻi ʻana. Pono kākou e hoʻolalelale i ka wikiwiki o ka noiʻi ʻana ma ke alo o kahi hili i ko kākou moana. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Wendy Schmidt, ʻo Julie Packard o Monterey Bay Aquarium a me ka Lunamakaʻāinana ʻAmelika ʻo Sam Farr i kēia wahi koʻikoʻi. ʻO kēia X-Prize no ke kai e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopuka i nā hopena wikiwiki.

Ua manaʻo ʻia kēia makana e hoʻoulu i ka hana hou. Pono mākou i kahi holomua e hiki ai ke pane i ka pilikia koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokahe ʻana i ka moana, me kāna mau ʻano like ʻole a me nā manawa kūpono no nā hoʻonā kūloko-inā ʻike mākou e hana nei. ʻO ka makana ma ke ʻano he ʻano o ka ʻimi ʻana o ka lehulehu i nā hoʻonā i ka paʻakikī o ke ana ʻana i hea a me ka nui o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kemika moana. "Ma nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ke ʻimi nei mākou i kahi hoʻihoʻi qualitative no ka hoʻopukapuka kālā," wahi a Wendy Schmidt. Manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa ka poʻe lanakila ma Iulai 2015.

A, e hiki koke mai ana ʻekolu mau makana olakino moana X. ʻOiai mākou i ʻāpana o ka papa hana brainstorming solutions "Ocean Big Think" ma ka X-Prize Foundation i ka mahina o Iune i hala ma Los Angeles, he mea hauʻoli ke ʻike i ka mea a ka hui ma ka X-Prize Foundation e koho ai e hoʻoikaika i ka wā e hiki mai ana.