Kuchokera ku macro mpaka micro

Sabata yatha, ndinali ku Newport Beach, CA komwe tidachita msonkhano wathu wapachaka wa Southern California Marine Mammal Workshop, womwe umafotokoza za kafukufuku yemwe adachitika ku Southern California Bight chaka chatha. Ichi ndi chaka chathu chachitatu chothandizira msonkhanowu (ndi chithokozo cha Pacific Life Foundation) ndipo ndi msonkhano wapadera poyang'ana malo ake, komanso kuti ndi wamitundu yambiri. Ndife onyadira kwambiri pollination yamtanda yomwe yabwera chifukwa chosonkhanitsa akatswiri azachipatala, genetic, biology, ndi makhalidwe, komanso kupulumutsa ndi kukonzanso akatswiri azachipatala.

Chaka chino, asayansi oposa 100, ophunzira a grad ndi msodzi mmodzi adalembetsa. Pazifukwa zina zosamvetsetseka chaka chilichonse ophunzira a grad amacheperapo, ndipo mapulofesa amakula. Ndipo, makamaka m'chigawo cha amuna oyera, gawo la kafukufuku wa zinyama zam'madzi ndi zopulumutsa likusiyana kwambiri chaka chilichonse.

Msonkhano wa chaka chino unali:
- Mgwirizano pakati pa zombo zausodzi ndi nyama zam'madzi, komanso kufunikira kwa mgwirizano ndi kulumikizana pakati pa ofufuza za nyama zam'madzi ndi asodzi
- Kuphunzitsa kugwiritsa ntchito ndi maubwino ozindikiritsa zithunzi, komanso kuyang'anira momveka bwino
- Gulu la kusinthasintha kwa nyengo, ndi njira zomwe zimawonjezera kupsinjika kwa nyama zam'madzi ndi zina zambiri zosadziwika kwa iwo omwe amaziphunzira:
+ nyanja zotentha (zomwe zimakhudza kusamuka kwa nyama zoyamwitsa / nyama, kusintha kwa phenological kwa nyama, komanso chiwopsezo cha matenda),
+ kukwera kwamadzi am'nyanja (kusintha kwa geography komwe kumakhudza kutulutsa ndi kukwera),
+ souring (acidification ya m'nyanja yomwe ikukhudza nsomba za nkhono ndi nyama zina zanyama zam'madzi), ndi
+ Kutopa m'malo otchedwa madera akufa m'mphepete mwa nyanja padziko lonse lapansi (komwe kumakhudzanso kuchuluka kwa nyama).
- Pomaliza, gulu lophatikiza zidziwitso za nyama zam'madzi ndi zachilengedwe kuti athe kuthana ndi kusiyana pakati pa deta ya chilengedwe yomwe ili yochuluka komanso yopezeka, ndi deta ya biology ya zamoyo za m'nyanja yomwe ikufunika kuti ipezeke ndi kuphatikizidwa.

Mapeto olimbikitsa a msonkhanowo adaphatikizanso kuwunikira zotsatira zabwino zinayi kuyambira zaka 1 ndi 2 za msonkhano uno:
- Kupanga kwa California Dolphin Online Catalog
- Malingaliro angapo pamaulendo apamadzi ku California kuti muchepetse kugundana kwadzidzidzi ndi anamgumi ndi nyama zina zam'madzi
- Mapulogalamu atsopano owonera mwachangu komanso mosavuta zakuthambo zam'madzi
- Ndipo, wophunzira womaliza maphunziro yemwe, pa msonkhano wa chaka chatha, anakumana ndi wina wochokera ku Sea World yemwe adamuthandiza kupeza zitsanzo zokwanira kuti amalize Ph.D. kufufuza, motero kusuntha munthu wina m'munda.

Pamene ndinkapita ku bwalo la ndege, ndinanyamula mphamvu za anthu amene alodzedwa ndi nyama zoyamwitsa za m’nyanja ndipo amayesetsa kuzimvetsa bwino komanso zimene amachita pa moyo wa m’nyanja. Kuchokera ku LAX, ndinakwera ndege kupita ku New York kuti ndikaphunzire zomwe ofufuza apeza komanso zomwe apeza omwe amakopeka ndi tinthu tating'ono tambiri tosiyanasiyana ta m'nyanja.

Pambuyo pa zaka ziwiri, Tara Ocean Expedition ili pamiyendo yake iwiri yomaliza kupita ku Ulaya patatha masiku angapo ku NYC kugawana zotsatira za kafukufuku wake. Dongosolo la Tara Ocean Expedition ndi lapadera - kuyang'ana kwambiri zolengedwa zazing'ono kwambiri zam'nyanja malinga ndi luso ndi sayansi. Plankton (ma virus, mabakiteriya, ma protists ndi metazoan ang'onoang'ono monga copepods, jellies ndi mphutsi za nsomba) amapezeka paliponse m'nyanja, kuchokera ku polar kupita ku nyanja ya equatorial, kuchokera kunyanja yakuya mpaka pamwamba, komanso kuchokera kunyanja kupita kunyanja zotseguka. Zamoyo zosiyanasiyana za Plankton ndizo maziko a chakudya cham'nyanja. Ndipo, kuposa theka la mpweya umene mumapuma umanyamula mpweya wopangidwa m'nyanja kupita m'mapapu anu. Phytoplankton (nyanja) ndi zomera zochokera kumtunda (makontinenti) zimatulutsa mpweya wonse womwe uli m'mlengalenga mwathu.

M'magawo ake monga sink yathu yayikulu kwambiri ya carbon, nyanja imalandira mpweya wambiri wochokera ku magalimoto, zombo, mafakitale amagetsi ndi mafakitale. Ndipo, ndi phytoplankton yomwe imadya CO2 yochuluka, yomwe mpweya wake umakhazikika muzinthu zamoyo kudzera mu photosynthesis, ndipo mpweya umatulutsidwa. Ena a phytoplankton kenaka amamwedwa ndi zooplankton, chakudya chofunikira kwambiri cha nkhanu zam'nyanja zazing'ono zamtundu wa anamgumi akulu akulu. Kenako, phytoplankton yakufa komanso chimbudzi cha zooplankton chimamira m'nyanja yakuya momwe gawo la mpweya wawo limasanduka matope pansi pa nyanja, ndikuchotsa mpweya umenewo kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Tsoka ilo, kuchuluka kwa CO2 m'madzi a m'nyanja kukuchulukirachulukira. Mpweya wowonjezera umasungunuka m'madzi, kuchepetsa pH ya madzi, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale acidic. Chifukwa chake tiyenera kuphunzira mwachangu za thanzi komanso ziwopsezo kumadera athu a m'nyanja. Kupatula apo, kupanga kwathu okosijeni ndi sinki yathu ya kaboni zili pachiwopsezo.

Cholinga chachikulu cha ulendo wa Tara chinali kusonkhanitsa zitsanzo, kuwerengera plankton, ndikuwona momwe zinalili zambiri m'madera osiyanasiyana a m'nyanja, komanso kuti ndi mitundu iti yomwe inali yopambana kutentha ndi nyengo zosiyanasiyana. Monga cholinga chokulirapo, ulendowu udapangidwanso kuti ayambe kumvetsetsa momwe plankton imakhudzira kusintha kwanyengo. Zitsanzo ndi deta zinawunikidwa pamtunda ndikukonzedwa mumndandanda wogwirizana womwe ukupangidwa pamene ulendowu unali mkati. Kuwona kwatsopano padziko lonse lapansi kwa zolengedwa zazing'ono kwambiri m'nyanja zathu ndi ochititsa chidwi kwambiri komanso chidziwitso chofunikira kwa iwo omwe amayesetsa kumvetsetsa ndi kuteteza nyanja zathu.

Maulendo ochepa amakulitsa ntchito yawo akafika padoko, ndikumawona ngati nthawi yopuma. Komabe, Tara Oceans Expedition imakwaniritsa zambiri chifukwa chodzipereka kukumana ndikugwira ntchito ndi asayansi am'deralo, aphunzitsi ndi ojambula pamadoko aliwonse oyimba. Ndi cholinga chokulitsa chidziwitso chambiri pazachilengedwe, imagawana zambiri zasayansi pazolinga zamaphunziro ndi mfundo pamayendedwe aliwonse. Tara Ocean Expedition iyi inali ndi madoko 50 oyimbira. NYC sizinali zosiyana. Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri chinali choyimilira chokha pagulu la Explorer's Club. Madzulo ake anali ndi zithunzi zokongola komanso makanema apanyanja ang'onoang'ono. Molimbikitsidwa ndi nthawi yake pa Tara Expedition, wojambula Mara Haseltine adavumbulutsa ntchito yake yaposachedwa-yojambula mwaluso ya phytoplankton yomwe m'nyanja ndi yaying'ono kwambiri kotero kuti yopitilira 10 imatha kukwanira pa msomali wanu wa pinki - wopangidwa mugalasi ndikufikira kukula kwa tuna wa bluefin kusonyeza zing'onozing'ono zake.

Zidzatenga nthawi kuti ndipange zonse zomwe ndaphunzira m'masiku asanu awa - koma chinthu chimodzi chodziwika bwino: Pali dziko lolemera la asayansi, omenyera ufulu, ojambula, ndi okonda omwe amakonda kwambiri nyanja ndi zovuta zomwe zili patsogolo pathu ndi zoyesayesa zawo. ife tonse tipindule.

Kuthandizira The Ocean Foundation, mapulojekiti athu ndi omwe athandizidwa, ndi ntchito yawo kuti amvetsetse ndikusintha kusintha kwanyengo, chonde Dinani apa.