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Thaum Lub Cuaj Hlis 25, 2014 Kuv tau mus koom Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-nqi nqi zog ntawm Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) hauv Monterey, California.
Tam sim no Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-nqi nqi zog yog $ 2 lab thoob ntiaj teb kev sib tw uas nyuaj rau pab pawg los tsim pH sensor thev naus laus zis uas yuav pheej yig, raug thiab ua tau zoo ntsuas dej hiav txwv chemistry - tsis yog vim dej hiav txwv yog li 30 feem pua ​​​​ntau acidic tshaj thaum pib ntawm cov kiv puag ncig kev lag luam, tab sis vim peb kuj paub tias dej hiav txwv acidification tuaj yeem cuam tshuam rau ntau qhov chaw ntawm dej hiav txwv ntawm lub sijhawm sib txawv. Cov kev hloov pauv no txhais tau hais tias peb xav tau kev saib xyuas ntau ntxiv, cov ntaub ntawv ntau ntxiv txhawm rau pab cov zej zog ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv thiab cov teb chaws cov kob teb rau cov teebmeem ntawm dej hiav txwv acidification ntawm lawv cov zaub mov kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev ruaj ntseg nyiaj txiag. Muaj ob qhov khoom plig: $ 1,000,000 Accuracy Award - los tsim qhov tseeb tshaj plaws, ruaj khov thiab meej pH sensor; thiab $ 1,000,000 Affordability puav pheej - los tsim cov khoom kim tshaj plaws, siv tau yooj yim, raug, ruaj khov, thiab meej pH sensor.

18 pab neeg nkag rau Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X-nqi nqi zog yog los ntawm rau lub teb chaws thiab 11 US xeev; thiab sawv cev rau ntau lub tsev kawm ntawv dej hiav txwv saum toj kawg nkaus hauv ntiaj teb. Tsis tas li ntawd, ib pawg tub ntxhais hluas los ntawm Seaside, California tau txiav txim siab (77 pawg tau thov nkag, tsuas yog 18 tau xaiv los sib tw). Cov pab pawg 'cov haujlwm tau dhau los kuaj sim ntawm Oceanology International hauv London, thiab tam sim no nyob rau hauv lub tank tswj tau kwv yees li peb lub hlis ntawm kev sim rau kev nyeem ntawv sib xws ntawm MBARI hauv Monterey.

Tom ntej no, lawv yuav raug tsiv mus rau Puget Sound hauv Pacific Northwest rau kwv yees li plaub lub hlis ntawm kev sim ntiaj teb tiag. Tom qab ntawd, yuav muaj kev sim dej hiav txwv tob (rau cov cuab yeej uas ua rau nws mus txog qhov kawg). Cov kev sim zaum kawg no yuav yog nkoj tawm ntawm Hawaii thiab ua rau qhov tob txog li 3000 meters (los yog qis dua 1.9 mais). Lub hom phiaj ntawm kev sib tw yog nrhiav cov cuab yeej uas muaj tseeb, nrog rau kev siv yooj yim thiab pheej yig rau kev xa tawm. Thiab, yog, nws muaj peev xwm yeej ob qho khoom plig.

Kev sim hauv chav kuaj, MBARI tank, Pacific Northwest, thiab hauv Hawaii yog npaj los siv cov thev naus laus zis uas 18 pawg tau tsim. Cov neeg tuaj koom / cov neeg sib tw kuj tau txais kev pab nrog kev tsim peev txheej hauv kev koom nrog kev lag luam thiab kev xa khoom plig khoom plig txuas rau kev lag luam. Qhov no thaum kawg yuav suav nrog kev sib txuas ncaj qha rau cov tub ua lag luam uas muaj peev xwm coj cov khoom lag luam sensor yeej rau kev lag luam.

Muaj ntau tus neeg siv khoom siv thev naus laus zis thiab lwm tus neeg nyiam siv thev naus laus zis suav nrog Teledyne, cov chaw tshawb fawb, Tebchaws Asmeskas Geological Survey, nrog rau cov tuam txhab tshuaj xyuas cov roj thiab roj (kom nrhiav kev xau). Pom tseeb, nws tseem yuav muaj feem cuam tshuam rau kev lag luam ntses ntses thiab kev lag luam ntses qus vim tias pH yog txhua yam tseem ceeb rau lawv txoj kev noj qab haus huv.

Lub hom phiaj rau qhov khoom plig zuag qhia tag nrho yog nrhiav kom tau zoo dua thiab tsis tshua kim sensors txhawm rau nthuav dav thaj chaw mus txog kev saib xyuas thiab suav nrog cov dej hiav txwv sib sib zog nqus thiab thaj tsam huab cua hauv ntiaj teb. Nws yog ib qho kev ua haujlwm loj hauv logistics los sim tag nrho cov cuab yeej no thiab nws yuav nthuav kom pom qhov tshwm sim. Peb ntawm The Ocean Foundation cia siab tias cov kev txhawb nqa thev naus laus zis sai sai no yuav tso cai rau peb cov phooj ywg ntawm Ntiaj Teb Dej Hiav Txwv Acidification Observing Network kom tau txais ntau tus nqi pheej yig thiab raug ntsuas los nthuav dav cov kev pab cuam ntawm lub network thoob ntiaj teb thiab tsim lub hauv paus kev paub los tsim cov lus teb raws sij hawm thiab kev txo qis. cov tswv yim.

Ib tug xov tooj ntawm cov kws tshawb fawb (los ntawm MBARI, UC Santa Cruz, Stanford's Hopkins Marine Station, thiab Monterey Bay Aquarium) ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim tau sau tseg tias dej hiav txwv acidification zoo li lub hnub qub mus rau lub ntiaj teb. Peb tsis tuaj yeem them taus ncua sijhawm kom txog thaum cov kev tshawb fawb mus sij hawm ntev ua tiav thiab xa mus rau cov ntawv txheeb xyuas cov phooj ywg rau kev tshaj tawm. Peb yuav tsum ua kom nrawm nrawm ntawm kev tshawb fawb nyob rau hauv lub ntsej muag ntawm lub ntsiab lus tipping hauv peb dej hiav txwv. Wendy Schmidt, Monterey Bay Aquarium's Julie Packard thiab US Tus Neeg Sawv Cev Sam Farr tau lees paub qhov tseem ceeb no. Qhov X-nqi nqi zog rau dej hiav txwv no xav kom tsim cov kev daws teeb meem sai dua.

Qhov khoom plig no yog npaj los txhawb kev tsim kho tshiab. Peb xav tau ib qho kev daws teeb meem uas ua rau cov lus teb rau qhov teeb meem ceev ntawm dej hiav txwv acidification, nrog rau tag nrho nws cov kev hloov pauv thiab lub sijhawm rau kev daws teeb meem hauv zos - yog tias peb paub tias nws tshwm sim. Qhov khoom plig nyob rau hauv ib txoj kev yog ib daim ntawv ntawm cov neeg coob coob nrhiav kev daws teeb meem rau kev sib tw ntawm kev ntsuas qhov twg thiab ntau npaum li cas dej hiav txwv chemistry hloov. Wendy Schmidt tau hais tias "Hauv lwm lo lus, peb tab tom nrhiav kev zoo rov qab los ntawm kev nqis peev," Wendy Schmidt. Nws cia siab tias qhov khoom plig no yuav muaj nws cov yeej los ntawm Lub Xya Hli 2015.

Thiab, sai sai no yuav muaj peb qhov kev noj qab haus huv dej hiav txwv ntxiv X khoom plig tuaj. Raws li peb yog ib feem ntawm "Ocean Big Think" cov kev daws teeb meem kev sib tham ntawm X-Prize Foundation lub Rau Hli dhau los hauv Los Angeles, nws yuav zoo siab pom tias pab pawg twg ntawm X-Prize Foundation xaiv los txhawb ntxiv tom ntej.