"Osati Sayansi ya Abambo Anga": Ine ndi Alanna Mitchell Timacheza ndi Mphamvu ya Zisudzo ndi Nyanja Yosintha

“Chilichonse chapamtunda chikafa mawa, zonse za m’nyanja zikanakhala bwino. Koma ngati chilichonse cha m’nyanja chikafa, chilichonse chapamtunda chitha kufanso.”

ALANNA MITCHELL | Mtolankhani WA SAYANSI WA KU CANADIAN

Alanna Mitchell akuyima pa nsanja yaying'ono yakuda, pakati pa bwalo loyera lopangidwa ndi choko pafupifupi mamita 14 m'mimba mwake. Kumbuyo kwake, choko chili ndi chigoba chachikulu cha m’nyanja, choko, ndi chofufutira. Kumanzere kwake kuli tebulo lokhala ndi galasi lokhala ndi mbiya ya viniga ndi kapu imodzi yamadzi. 

Ndimayang'ana mwakachetechete ndi omvera anzanga, titakhala pampando wa Kennedy Center's REACH plaza. Chiwonetsero chawo cha COAL + ICE, chiwonetsero chazithunzi chowonetsa kusintha kwanyengo, chimakwirira siteji ndikuwonjezera chisangalalo pamasewera a mkazi mmodzi. Pa purojekitala imodzi, moto umabangula pabwalo lotseguka. Chojambula china chikuwonetsa kuwonongeka kwapang'onopang'ono komanso kotsimikizika kwa ice caps ku Antarctica. Ndipo pakati pa zonsezi, Alanna Mitchell akuyimirira ndikusimba nkhani ya momwe adatulukira kuti nyanja ili ndi kusintha kwa zamoyo zonse padziko lapansi.

“Sindine wochita zisudzo,” Mitchell anaulula kwa ine maola asanu ndi limodzi okha asanachitike, pakati pa kuwongolera mawu. Tiyimirira kutsogolo kwa chimodzi mwazowonetsera. Kugwira kwa mphepo yamkuntho Irma pa Saint Martin mu 2017 kumayenda mozungulira kumbuyo kwathu, mitengo ya kanjedza ikugwedezeka ndi mphepo ndipo magalimoto akugwedezeka chifukwa cha kusefukira kwa madzi. Ndizosiyana kwambiri ndi machitidwe a Mitchell odekha komanso a chiyembekezo.

M'malo mwake, Mitchell's Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis sanayenera kukhala sewero. Mitchell anayamba ntchito yake monga mtolankhani. Bambo ake anali wasayansi, kulemba mapiri ku Canada ndi kuphunzitsa maphunziro a Darwin. Mwachibadwa, Mitchell anachita chidwi ndi mmene mapulaneti athu amagwirira ntchito.

"Ndinayamba kulemba za nthaka ndi mlengalenga, koma ndinali nditayiwala za nyanja." Mitchell akufotokoza. "Sindinkadziwa mokwanira kuti ndizindikire kuti nyanja ndi gawo lalikulu la dongosolo lonselo. Chifukwa chake nditazindikira, ndidayambitsa ulendo wonsewu wazaka zambiri wofufuza ndi asayansi za zomwe zidachitika kunyanja. 

Kupeza kumeneku kunapangitsa Mitchell kulemba buku lake Sea Sick mu 2010, za kusintha kwa chemistry ya m'nyanja. Ali paulendo wokambirana za kafukufuku wake komanso chidwi chake kumbuyo kwa bukuli, adathamangira ku Artistic Director Franco Boni. "Ndipo anati, mukudziwa, 'Ndikuganiza kuti tikhoza kusintha izi kukhala sewero." 

Mu 2014, mothandizidwa ndi The Theatre Center, wokhala ku Toronto, ndi otsogolera a Franco Boni ndi Ravi Jain, Sea Sick, sewerolo, linayambitsidwa. Ndipo pa Marichi 22, 2022, patatha zaka zoyendera, Sea Sick adachita koyamba ku US ku Kennedy Center ku Washington, DC. 

Pamene ndikuyimilira ndi Mitchell ndikulola mawu ake otonthoza asambire pa ine - ngakhale mphepo yamkuntho yomwe ili pachiwonetsero kumbuyo kwathu - ndimaganizira za mphamvu ya zisudzo kuti zikhale ndi chiyembekezo, ngakhale panthawi yachisokonezo. 

"Ndizojambula zapamtima kwambiri ndipo ndimakonda kukambirana komwe kumatsegulira, zina mwazomwe sizimanenedwa, pakati pa ine ndi omvera," akutero Mitchell. "Ndimakhulupirira mu mphamvu ya luso losintha mitima ndi malingaliro, ndipo ndikuganiza kuti sewero langa limapatsa anthu nkhani yomvetsetsa. Ndikuganiza kuti zimathandiza anthu kuti azikonda dziko lapansi. ”

Mu REACH plaza, Mitchell akutikumbutsa kuti nyanja ndiye njira yathu yayikulu yothandizira moyo. Zinthu zofunika kwambiri za m'nyanja zikasintha, ndiye kuti moyo wonse wa padziko lapansi umakhala pangozi. Amatembenukira ku bolodi yake pomwe nyimbo ya Bob Dylan ya "The Times They Are A-Changin" imvekera kumbuyo. Amalemba manambala angapo m'zigawo zitatu kuchokera kumanja kupita kumanzere, ndikuzilemba kuti "Nthawi," "Carbon," ndi "pH". Poyamba, manambalawa ndi ochuluka kwambiri. Koma pamene Mitchell akutembenukira kumbuyo kuti afotokoze, zoona zake ndizodabwitsa kwambiri. 

“M’zaka 272 zokha, takhala tikukankhira zinthu zochirikiza zamoyo za papulaneti kumalo kumene sizinakhaleko kwa zaka mamiliyoni makumi ambiri. Masiku ano, m’mlengalenga muli mpweya wochuluka wa carbon dioxide kuposa umene takhala nawo kwa zaka zosachepera 23 miliyoni… 

"Izi ndi zomvetsa chisoni," ndidamuuza Mitchell poyang'ana mawu ake, zomwe ndi momwe Mitchell amafuna kuti omvera ake achite. Amakumbukira kuwerenga lipoti lalikulu loyamba pa nyanja ya acidification, yotulutsidwa ndi Royal Society of London mu 2005. 

"Zinali zosangalatsa kwambiri. Palibe amene ankadziwa za izi,” Mitchell anaima kaye ndikumwetulira mofatsa. “Anthu sanali kulankhula za izo. Ndinkachoka ku chombo china chofufuza ndi kupita ku china, ndipo awa ndi asayansi otchuka kwambiri, ndipo ndinkati, 'Izi ndi zomwe ndangotulukira kumene,' ndipo amati '…Zoonadi?'”

Monga Mitchell akunenera, asayansi sanali kuphatikiza mbali zonse za kafukufuku wam'nyanja. M’malo mwake, anaphunzira mbali zing’onozing’ono za m’nyanja zonse. Sanadziwebe momwe angalumikizire magawowa ndi mlengalenga wathu wapadziko lonse lapansi. 

Masiku ano, sayansi ya acidization ya m'nyanja ndi gawo lalikulu kwambiri pazokambirana zapadziko lonse lapansi komanso kukonza nkhani ya kaboni. Ndipo mosiyana ndi zaka 15 zapitazo, asayansi tsopano akuphunzira zolengedwa m'chilengedwe chawo chachilengedwe ndikugwirizanitsa zomwe zapezazi ndi zomwe zinachitika zaka mazana ambiri zapitazo - kuti apeze zomwe zikuchitika ndikuyambitsa mfundo za kutha kwakukulu kwapita. 

Choipa chake? "Ndikuganiza kuti tikudziwa mochulukira momwe zenera lilili laling'ono kuti lisinthe ndikulola moyo momwe timadziwira kuti upitirire," akufotokoza motero Mitchell. M’sewero lake anatchulapo kuti, “Iyi si sayansi ya bambo anga. M’masiku a bambo anga, asayansi anali kutenga ntchito yonse kuti ayang’ane nyama imodzi, kuti aone kuti ili ndi ana angati, zimene imadya, mmene imakhalira m’nyengo yozizira. Zinali… momasuka. ”

Ndiye tingachite chiyani? 

“Chiyembekezo ndi ndondomeko. Simathero.”

ALANNA MITCHELL

"Ndimakonda kunena mawu a wasayansi yanyengo wa ku Columbia University, dzina lake ndi Kate Marvel," Mitchell anayima kamphindi kuti akumbukire. "Chimodzi mwazinthu zomwe adanena za malipoti aposachedwa kwambiri a Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ndikuti ndikofunikira kwambiri kukhala ndi malingaliro awiri m'mutu mwanu nthawi imodzi. Chimodzi ndi kuchuluka kwa zomwe ziyenera kuchitidwa. Koma china ndi momwe tafikira, kale. Ndipo ndi zomwe ndabwerako. Kwa ine, chiyembekezo ndi njira. Simathero.”

M'mbiri yonse ya moyo padziko lapansi, iyi ndi nthawi yachilendo. Koma malinga ndi kunena kwa Mitchell, izi zikungotanthauza kuti tili panthaŵi yabwino kwambiri ya chisinthiko cha anthu, kumene tili ndi “vuto lalikulu kwambiri ndipo timatha kuzindikira mmene tingalithetsere.”

"Ndikufuna kuti anthu adziwe zomwe zili pachiwopsezo komanso zomwe tikuchita. Chifukwa ndikuganiza kuti anthu amaiwala zimenezo. Koma ndimaonanso kuti ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti simasewera. Tili ndi nthawi yokonza zinthu ngati titafuna. Ndipo ndipamene zisudzo ndi zaluso zimabwera: Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndi chikhalidwe chomwe chingatifikitse komwe tikuyenera kupita. ”

Monga maziko ammudzi, The Ocean Foundation imadziwiratu zovuta zomwe zimathandizira kudziwitsa anthu zazovuta zapadziko lonse lapansi pomwe akupereka mayankho a chiyembekezo. Zojambulajambula zimagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri pomasulira sayansi kwa omvera omwe angakhale akuphunzira za nkhani kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndipo Sea Sick amachita zomwezo. TOF imanyadira kugwira ntchito ngati mnzake wothana ndi kaboni ndi The Theatre Center kuti athandizire kusungitsa malo okhala m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi kukonzanso.

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