Nyanja Ya Pulasitiki

Pa Januware 21, mamembala a TOF Board Joshua Ginsberg, Angel Braestrup, ndi ine tinatenga nawo gawo pamwambo wa Salisbury Forum womwe umayang'ana kwambiri zinyalala za pulasitiki m'nyanja. Chochitikacho chinayamba ndi filimu ya 2016 "A Plastic Ocean," chithunzithunzi chojambula bwino, chokhumudwitsa cha kugawanika kwa zinyalala za pulasitiki padziko lonse lapansi.plasticoceans.org) ndi kuvulaza komwe kumabweretsa ku zamoyo za m'nyanja ndi kumadera a anthu. 

Ngakhale pambuyo pa zaka zonsezi ndi nkhani zovuta zonse zimene takhala tikuonera, ndimakhumudwabe kwambiri ndikamaona umboni woti timachitira nkhanza nyanja yamchere monga anamgumi akumapuma chifukwa chokoka mapepala apulasitiki, mimba ya mbalame yodzaza kwambiri ndi zidutswa za pulasitiki. konza chakudya, ndipo ana amakhala ndi supu yapoizoni yamchere. Nditakhala pamenepo mu Moviehouse yomwe munali anthu ambiri ku Millterton, New York, ndinayamba kudabwa ngati ndingalankhule nditaonera nkhani zowawa zambiri.

Palibe kukayikira kuti ziwerengerozo nzochulukirachulukira—mathililiyoni a zidutswa zapulasitiki za m’nyanja zomwe sizidzatha.

95% aiwo ndi ang'onoang'ono kuposa njere ya mpunga ndipo amadyedwa mosavuta ndi pansi pazakudya, zomwe zimakhala gawo limodzi la zakudya zamafuta monga whale sharks ndi blue whales. Mapulasitiki amanyamula poizoni ndi poizoni wina, amatsamwitsa madzi, ndipo ali paliponse kuchokera ku Antarctica mpaka ku North Pole. Ndipo, ngakhale tikudziwa za kukula kwa vutoli, kupanga mapulasitiki akuyembekezeredwa katatu, mothandizidwa ndi mitengo yotsika ya mafuta, omwe amapangidwa ndi pulasitiki. 

Microplastic, Oregon State University

Kuyamikira kwa opanga mafilimu, amatipatsa mwayi tonse kuti titenge nawo mbali pazothetsera - komanso mwayi wofotokozera chithandizo chathu cha mayankho ochulukirapo a malo monga maiko a zilumba kumene kuthana ndi mapiri a zinyalala omwe alipo komanso kukonzekera kayendetsedwe ka mtsogolo ndikofunikira, ndipo zofunika pa thanzi la zamoyo zonse za m'nyanja. Izi ndi zoona makamaka pamene kukwera kwa nyanja kukuwopseza malo a zinyalala ndi malo ena ammudzi, ndipo madera ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri.

Zomwe filimuyi ikutsindikanso ndi izi: Pali zinthu zambiri zowopseza zamoyo za m'nyanja, komanso mphamvu yotulutsa okosijeni ya m'nyanja. Zinyalala za pulasitiki ndi chimodzi mwazowopsa izi. Ocean acidization ndi zina. Zowononga zoyenda kuchokera kumtunda kupita ku mitsinje, mitsinje, ndi magombe ndi zina. Kuti zamoyo za m’nyanja ziziyenda bwino, tiyenera kuchita zonse zimene tingathe kuti tichepetse ziwopsezozo. Izi zikutanthauza zinthu zingapo. Choyamba, tiyenera kuthandizira ndi kulimbikitsa malamulo omwe cholinga chake ndi kuchepetsa kuvulaza, monga Marine Mammal Protection Act, omwe achita zambiri kuti athandize zinyama za m'nyanja kuti zibwezeretsedwe ndipo zikhoza kupitiriza kuchita zambiri ngati zoperekedwa zake zitetezedwa. 

Zinyalala zam'madzi m'malo okhala zisa za albatross, Steven Siegel/Marine Photobank

Pakalipano, monga asayansi, nzika zokhudzidwa, ndi ena akugwiritsa ntchito njira zochotsera pulasitiki m'nyanja popanda kuvulaza kwambiri zamoyo za m'nyanja, tikhoza kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti pulasitiki isachoke m'nyanja. Anthu ena odzipereka akugwira ntchito zowonetsetsa kuti opanga pulasitiki ali ndi udindo wochulukirapo pazinyalala zapulasitiki. Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi uno, ndinakumana ndi Matt Prindiville waku Upstream (upstreampolicy.org), bungwe lomwe cholinga chake ndi chakuti- ndithudi pali njira zoyendetsera kulongedza ndi kugwiritsa ntchito kwina kwa pulasitiki zomwe zimachepetsa kuchuluka kwake ndikuwongolera njira zobwezeretsanso kapena kuzigwiritsanso ntchito.

Sea Urchin yokhala ndi Plastic Fork, Kay Wilson/Indigo Dive Academy St.Vincent ndi Grenadines

Aliyense wa ife atha kuyesetsa kuchepetsa kugwiritsa ntchito mapulasitiki ogwiritsidwa ntchito kamodzi, zomwe sizatsopano ngati njira. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, ndikudziwa kuti tonsefe tiyenera kukhala ndi chizoloŵezi chobweretsa matumba athu ogwiritsidwanso ntchito ku sitolo, kubweretsa mabotolo athu amadzi omwe amatha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito kulikonse (ngakhale mafilimu), ndikukumbukira kupempha palibe udzu pamene tikuyitanitsa zakumwa zathu. Tikuyesetsa kufunsa malo odyera omwe timawakonda ngati angasinthe kuti "akufunseni malamulo anu a udzu" m'malo mongopanga zokha. Akhozanso kusunga ndalama. 

Tiyenera kuponyamo—kuthandiza kusunga zinyalala zapulasitiki pamalo ake ndi kuzichotsa pamene sizili—msewu, ngalande, ndi mapaki. Kuyeretsa madera ndi mwayi waukulu ndipo ndikudziwa kuti nditha kuchita zambiri tsiku lililonse. Ndigwirizane nane.

Phunzirani zambiri za pulasitiki ya m'nyanja ndi zomwe mungachite kuti mupewe.