Ngwazi za ku Caribbean: Jamaica

ndi Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti wa Ocean Foundation

Pamaulendo anga ambiri ndikuwoneka kuti ndimakhala ndi nthawi yochuluka ndi anthu okondweretsa m'zipinda zochitira misonkhano zopanda mawindo kusiyana ndi madzi kapena m'malo osiyanasiyana kumene anthu omwe amasamala za nyanja amagwira ntchito. Ulendo womaliza wa April unali wosiyana. Ndinali ndi mwayi wocheza ndi anthu ammudzi Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, yomwe ili pafupi ola limodzi kuchokera ku eyapoti ya Montego Bay ku Jamaica. 

Lab ndi malo a University of West Indies ndipo imagwira ntchito mothandizidwa ndi Center for Marine Sciences, yomwe ilinso ndi Caribbean Coastal Data Center. Discovery Bay Marine Lab idaperekedwa pakufufuza ndi kuphunzitsa ophunzira mu biology, ecology, geology, hydrology, ndi sayansi ina. Kuphatikiza pa ma lab, mabwato, ndi malo ena, Discovery Bay ili ndi chipinda chokhacho cha hyperbaric pachilumbachi-zida zomwe zimathandiza anthu osiyanasiyana kuchira ku matenda a decompression (omwe amadziwikanso kuti "bends").   

Zina mwa zolinga za Discovery Marine Lab ndikugwiritsa ntchito kafukufukuyu pakuwongolera bwino madera omwe ali pachiwopsezo cha m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Jamaica. Matanthwe a ku Jamaica ndi madzi a m'mphepete mwa nyanja amakumana ndi zovuta zambiri za usodzi. Chotsatira chake, pali malo ochepa komanso ochepa kumene mitundu ikuluikulu, yamtengo wapatali ingapezeke. Sikuti kuyenera kuchitidwa kokha kuti mudziwe komwe nkhokwe zam'madzi ndi mapulani amphamvu owongolera angathandize kuti matanthwe a Jamaica abwerere, komanso gawo laumoyo wa anthu liyenera kuthetsedwa. Kwa zaka makumi angapo zapitazi, pakhala pali milandu yowonjezereka ya matenda ochepetsa mphamvu ya asodzi omwe amathera nthawi yochulukirapo pansi pamadzi akuya kwambiri kuti athandizire kuchepa kwa nsomba zamadzi osaya, nkhanu, ndi ma conch —kusodza komwe kumakhala kofala kwambiri. zomwe zimathandizira madera. 

Paulendo wanga, ndinakumana ndi Dr. Dayne Buddo katswiri wa zamoyo za m’madzi wa Marine Invasive Alien Species, Camilo Trench, Chief Scientific Officer, ndi Denise Henry wa Environmental Biologist. Panopa ndi Science Science ku DBML, akugwira ntchito pa Seagrass Restoration Project. Kuphatikiza pa kuyendera mwatsatanetsatane malowa tidakhala nthawi tikulankhula za buluu wa buluu ndi ntchito zawo zobwezeretsanso udzu wa buluu. Ine ndi Denise tinali ndi zokambirana zabwino kwambiri poyerekeza ndi athu SeaGrass Kukula njira ndi omwe amawayesa ku Jamaica. Tidakambirananso za momwe akuchitira bwino pokolola nsomba za Mkango zomwe zabwera kuchokera kumadera awo. Ndipo, ndidaphunzira za nazale yawo ya korali ndi mapulani obwezeretsanso ma coral ndi momwe zimakhudzira kufunikira kochepetsa utsi wodzaza ndi michere ndi kusefukira komanso kuchuluka kwa nsomba zambiri. Ku Jamaica, malo osodza m'matanthwe amathandiza asodzi aluso okwana 20,000, koma asodzi amenewo amatha kutaya zinthu zawo chifukwa chakutha kwa nyanjayo.

Chifukwa cha kusowa kwa nsomba kumayambitsa kusalinganika kwa chilengedwe komwe kumabweretsa kulamulira kwa zilombo zolusa. Zachisoni, monga abwenzi athu atsopano ochokera ku DBML akudziwa, kuti abwezeretse matanthwe a korali adzafunika nsomba zambiri ndi nkhanu, m'madera osagwira ntchito; chinthu chomwe chidzatenga nthawi kuti chikwaniritse ku Jamaica. Tonse tikuyang'anira kupambana kwa Bluefields Bay, malo aakulu osapitako kumadzulo kwa chilumbachi, omwe akuwoneka kuti akuthandiza kuti zotsalira za zomera zibwererenso. Pafupi ndi DBML ndi Malo osungira nsomba ku Oracabessa Bay, zomwe tinayendera. Ndi yaying'ono, ndipo ili ndi zaka zochepa chabe. Choncho pali zambiri zoti tichite. Pakadali pano, mnzathu Austin Bowden-Kerby, Senior Scientist ku Counterpart International, akuti anthu aku Jamaica ayenera kutolera "zidutswa za ma corals ochepa omwe apulumuka miliri ya matenda ndi zochitika za bleaching (ndi chuma chamtundu chomwe chimasinthidwa ndikusintha kwanyengo), ndipo kenako muwalime m’malo osungiramo nazale- kuwasunga amoyo ndi kuti abzalenso.”

Ndinawona kuchuluka kwa ntchito yomwe ikugwiridwa pang'onopang'ono, ndi zochuluka bwanji zomwe ziyenera kuchitidwa kuti zithandize anthu a ku Jamaica ndi chuma cha panyanja chomwe chuma chawo chimadalira. Nthawi zonse zimakhala zolimbikitsa kukhala ndi nthawi ndi anthu odzipereka ngati anthu aku Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory ku Jamaica.

pomwe: Malo Enanso Anayi Osungira Nsomba Akhazikitsidwa kudzera Bungwe la Jamaican Information Service, Mwina 9, 2015

Ngongole ya Zithunzi: Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory, MJC Crabbe kudzera pa Marine Photobank