Blog ya alendo yolembedwa ndi Steve Paton, Mtsogoleri wa Ofesi ya Bioinformatics ku Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute yemwe adachita nawo gawo la Ocean Foundation's Ocean Acidification Monitoring Workshop ku Panama.


M'dziko lokonzekera kusintha kwa nyengo, ngati simukuziyang'anira, simudzadziwa kuti sitima ikubwera mpaka itagundani ...

Monga mkulu wa Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's (STRI) Physical Monitoring Programme, ndi udindo wanga kupereka asayansi ogwira ntchito ku STRI, komanso zikwizikwi za ofufuza ndi ophunzira omwe amabwera kudzacheza, ndi deta yowunikira zachilengedwe zomwe amafunikira kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo. kafukufuku. Kwa ofufuza apanyanja, izi zikutanthauza kuti ndiyenera kudziwa momwe madzi a m'mphepete mwa nyanja a Panama alili. Pakati pa mitundu yambiri yomwe timayang'anira, acidity ya m'nyanja ndi yofunika kwambiri; osati chifukwa cha kufunikira kwake kwachangu ku machitidwe osiyanasiyana a zamoyo, komanso momwe zimayembekezereka kukhudzidwa ndi kusintha kwa nyengo padziko lonse.

Asanayambe maphunziro operekedwa ndi The Ocean Foundation, sitinkadziwa pang'ono za kuyeza acidity ya m'nyanja. Monga ambiri, tidakhulupirira kuti ndi sensor yabwino yoyezera pH, tinali ndi vuto.

Mwamwayi, maphunziro omwe tidalandira adatilola kumvetsetsa kuti pH yokha siyokwanira, komanso kulondola komwe timayesa pH sikunali kokwanira. Poyamba tinayenera kutenga nawo mbali pa maphunziro operekedwa ku Colombia mu January 2019. Mwamwayi, zochitika zinapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kupezekapo. Ndife oyamikira kwambiri kuti The Ocean Foundation inatha kukonza maphunziro apadera a ife ku Panama. Izi sizinangopangitsa kuti pulogalamu yanga ilandire maphunziro omwe timafunikira, komanso zinapatsa mwayi ophunzira owonjezera, amisiri, ndi ochita kafukufuku.

Ophunzira akuphunzira momwe angatengere zitsanzo za madzi ku Panama.
Ophunzira akuphunzira momwe angatengere zitsanzo za madzi. Ngongole yazithunzi: Steve Paton

Tsiku loyamba la maphunziro a masiku 5 linapereka maziko ofunikira amomwe mungapangire acidification m'nyanja. Tsiku lachiwiri lidatidziwitsa za zida ndi njira. Masiku atatu omaliza a maphunzirowa adapangidwa makamaka kuti apatse mamembala a Physical Monitoring Programme mwamphamvu, zokumana nazo ndi chilichonse chomwe chafotokozedwa kuchokera pakuyesa, sampuli, miyeso m'munda ndi labotale, komanso kasamalidwe ka data. Tinapatsidwa mwayi wobwereza njira zovuta komanso zovuta kwambiri za sampuli ndi miyeso kangapo mpaka titatsimikiza kuti titha kuchita zonse tokha.

Chomwe chidandidabwitsa kwambiri pamaphunzirowa ndi kuchuluka kwa kusazindikira kwathu pakuwunika kuchuluka kwa acid m'nyanja. Panali zambiri zomwe sitinkadziwa zomwe sitinkadziwa. Tikukhulupirira, tikudziwa mokwanira kuti tithe kuyeza chodabwitsacho molondola. Tsopano tikudziwanso kumene tingapeze magwero a chidziŵitso ndi anthu amene angatithandize kuonetsetsa kuti tikuchita zinthu moyenera ndi kuwongolera m’tsogolo.

Ophunzira akukambirana za kuyang'anira acidity ya nyanja ku Panama.
Ophunzira akukambirana za kuyang'anira acidity ya nyanja ku Panama. Ngongole yazithunzi: Steve Paton

Pomaliza, ndizovutanso kuthokoza mokwanira ku The Ocean Foundation ndi okonza maphunziro ndi ophunzitsa okha. Maphunzirowa anali okonzedwa bwino ndipo anachitidwa. Okonza ndi ophunzitsa anali odziwa komanso ochezeka kwambiri. Kuyesera kulikonse kudapangidwa kuti tisinthe zomwe zili ndi dongosolo la maphunzirowo kuti zigwirizane ndi zosowa zathu.

Sizingatheke kupitilira kufunikira kwa zopereka za zida ndi maphunziro operekedwa ndi The Ocean Foundation. STRI ndi bungwe lokhalo ku Panama lomwe limayang'anira zamadzi am'madzi kwanthawi yayitali. Mpaka pano, kuyang'anira kuchuluka kwa acidity m'nyanja kumangochitika pamalo amodzi panyanja ya Atlantic. Tsopano tikutha kuchita kuwunika komweko m'malo angapo kunyanja ya Atlantic ndi Pacific ku Panama. Izi zidzakhala zofunika kwambiri kwa asayansi onse, komanso dziko la Panama.


Kuti mudziwe zambiri za Ocean Acidification Initiative (IOAI), pitani kwathu Tsamba la IOAI Initiative.