Anthu Ouziridwa Ndi Olimbikitsa

Wolemba: Mark J. Spalding, Purezidenti

Nditangobwera kumene ku California kwa masiku anayi ndi theka. Ndimakonda kubwereranso kukaona kwathu ndikuwona zinthu zomwe ndimazizolowera, kununkhiza scrub ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kumva ankhuku akuitana ndi mafunde akuphulika, ndikuyenda mtunda wautali pagombe m'mawa chifunga.

Masiku awiri oyambilira, ndinali ku Laguna Beach kukachita nawo Zolemba za Surfrider Foundation msonkhano wa board of directors. Misonkhano ya bungwe la mabungwe osapindula imakhala yovuta chifukwa mumamvetsera ogwira ntchito ndi akuluakulu akukuuzani za ntchito yaikulu ya bungwe yomwe ikuchitika ndi ndalama zochepa. Mtima wanga umakhudzidwa ndi kudzipereka komwe ogwira ntchito amagwira kuti azigwira ntchito maola osawerengeka m'malo mwa nyanja zathu zanyanja, magombe ndi magombe kudzera m'machaputala odzipereka odzipereka, kuyeretsa magombe ambiri kuposa mabungwe ena aliwonse, komanso kupambana pazamalamulo ndi malamulo pachaka. Ife amene timatumikira m’Bungwe la Bungweli ndi odzipereka, timalipira tokha kuti tipezeke pamisonkhano, ndipo tonsefe timalonjeza kuti tidzathandiza gulu m’njira iliyonse imene tingathe.

Kumapeto kwa msonkhano wa Board Lamlungu, ndinapita ku La Jolla ndipo ndinakhala pansi ndi Margaret Leinen, Mtsogoleri wa Scripps Institution of Oceanography ndi Dean Peter Cowhey wa UCSD's School for Global Policy & Strategy (ndi abwana anga akale) kuti tikambirane. za zomwe zingachitike kuti achite nawo sayansi yam'nyanja ya UCSD pothandizira mfundo zomwe zingateteze magombe athu ndi nyanja zathu.

Ndinali wokondwa kukhala ndi mwayi wochita zokambirana zauphungu ndi ophunzira omwe ali mu SIO Master of Advanced Studies program omwe akugwira ntchito yolumikizana pakati pa sayansi ya nyanja ndi ndondomeko ya anthu. Aliyense wa iwo watsala pang'ono kuyamba ntchito yosangalatsa yamwala wapamwamba wa digiri ya masters. Mitu yosiyanasiyana idaphatikizapo kumvetsetsa kugulitsa kwachindunji kwa nsomba zomwe asodzi amagulitsa m'malo opezeka chakudya, kutsatiridwa kwa nsomba, kutanthauzira zosonkhanitsidwa ku SIO, komanso kupanga maulendo oyendera matanthwe omwe adzagwiritsidwe ntchito pophunzitsa zachitetezo, maphunziro a scuba ndi monga. Ena anali kuganiza za algae ndi kuthekera kogwiritsa ntchito algae m'malo mwa mafuta a petroleum popanga ma surfboards. Wophunzira wina afananiza misika ya nkhanu za ku Maine ndi nkhanu za spiny, kuphatikiza unyolo wogawa. Winanso anali kugwira ntchito pazachilengedwe, imodzi yoyang'anira zausodzi ndi mapologalamu owonera, ndipo ina pavuto lokangana, mwinanso losatha la kasamalidwe ka usodzi kumtunda kwa Gulf of California komwe kumasemphana ndi kasungidwe ka akalulu a Vaquita. Chomaliza koma chocheperako ndi wophunzira yemwe akuyang'ana zamtsogolo zachifundo zomwe zimathandizira kafukufuku wa sayansi yam'madzi. Ndine wolemekezeka kukhala wapampando wa komiti yake kwa miyezi inayi ikubwerayi mpaka mwala wake utatha.

Lolemba madzulo ndinaitanidwa ndi Dean Cowhey kuti ndikakhale nawo pa Herb York Memorial Lecture yomwe inaperekedwa ndi John Holdren Mtsogoleri wa Office of Science and Technology Policy ku White House. Ntchito ya Dr. Holdren ndi zinthu zambiri zimene wakwanitsa kuchita, ndipo utumiki wake m'boma limeneli ndi wochititsa chidwi. Zomwe Ulamuliro wachita mu sayansi ndi ukadaulo zikupanga kupambana kocheperako nkhani. Pambuyo pa phunziro lake, ndinapatsidwa ulemu kukhala m'gulu laling'ono lapamtima lomwe linapitiriza kukambirana nkhani za sayansi ndi zamakono pa chakudya chamadzulo. 

Lachiwiri pa kuitanira kwa ophunzira a Masters ku Scripps, ndidapereka nkhani yangayanga pa blue carbon yotchedwa "Poop, Roots, and Deadfall: The Story of Blue Carbon." Arc ya nkhaniyi inali tanthauzo la blue carbon ndi njira zosiyana za momwe zimagwirira ntchito; kuwopseza mbali yodabwitsayi yakumira kwa kaboni m'nyanja yathu yapadziko lonse lapansi; njira zothetsera mphamvu za m'nyanja zochotsa mpweya kuchokera mumlengalenga; ndi kusungidwa kwa nthawi yaitali kwa carbon ameneyo m’nyanja yakuya ndi matope pansi pa nyanja. Ndinakhudzanso zina mwa ntchito zathu pobwezeretsa udzu wa m'nyanja, certification ya njira yowerengera, komanso kupanga SeaGrass Kulitsani chowerengera cha carbon offset. Ndinayesa kuyika zonsezi pokhudzana ndi chitukuko cha ndondomeko za mayiko ndi zapakhomo pofuna kuthandizira lingaliro ili la blue carbon sequestration. Inde, sindinanyalanyaze kunena kuti zachilengedwezi zimaperekanso malo abwino kwambiri okhalamo, komanso kuchepetsa mvula yamkuntho kuteteza malo athu okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja.

Pamapeto pa tsikuli, ophunzirawo anakonza phwando lina mwa mbali yoti zikomo chifukwa cha uphungu ndi nkhani ya blue carbon. M'modzi mwa ophunzira a masters apano anandiuza kuti "muyenera kutopa" pambuyo pa masiku ovutawa. Ndinamuyankha kuti anthu ouziridwa ndi olimbikitsa, kuti kumapeto kwa tsiku ndinamva kuti ndapeza mphamvu; sichikanachotsedwa kwa ine. Ili ndi dalitso lokhala m'gulu la The Ocean Foundation - anthu ambiri olimbikitsidwa omwe amagwira ntchito zolimbikitsa m'malo mwa moyo wathu wapadziko lonse lapansi: nyanja yathu. 

Onani ulaliki wa Mark ku Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps, "Poop, Roots and Deadfall: The Story of Blue Carbon." Onetsetsani kuti mwawonera theka lomaliza la gawo la Q & A.