Chaka Changa cha Zilumba

Wokondedwa Bwenzi la Nyanja,

Kwa ine, chaka cha 2017 chinali chaka cha chilumbachi, motero chinali chakutali. Kuyendera malo achaka, misonkhano ndi misonkhano inanditengera kuzilumba ndi mayiko a zisumbu padziko lonse lapansi. Ndinayang’ana Southern Cross ndisanawoloke kumpoto kwa Tropic of Capricorn. Ndidapeza tsiku lomwe ndidawoloka mzere wapadziko lonse lapansi. Ndinawoloka equator. Ndipo, ndinawoloka Tropic of Cancer, ndipo ndinagwedezeka ku North Pole pamene ndege yanga inkatsata njira yakumpoto yopita ku Ulaya.

Zilumba zimatulutsa zithunzi zamphamvu zodziyimira pawokha, malo oti akhale "kutali ndi zonse," malo omwe mabwato ndi ndege zingakhale zofunikira. Kudzipatula kumeneko kuli dalitso komanso temberero. 

Mfundo zodziwika bwino zodzidalira komanso anthu ogwirizana kwambiri zimafalikira pa chikhalidwe cha zilumba zonse zomwe ndinapitako. Ziwopsezo zapadziko lonse lapansi za kukwera kwa nyanja, kuchulukira kwa chimphepo, ndi kusintha kwa kutentha kwa nyanja ndi momwe zimapangidwira sizongopeka "pamapeto a zaka zana" zovuta zamitundu yazilumba, makamaka mayiko a zisumbu zazing'ono. Ndizochitika zenizeni zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano zomwe zimakhudza zachuma, chilengedwe, ndi moyo wabwino wamayiko ambiri padziko lonse lapansi.

Zilumba za South Pacific, Google, 2017

A Azores adasewera ndi Sargasso Sea Commission pomwe tidakambirana momwe tingasamalire bwino zamoyo zapadela zambiri kuyambira akamba am'nyanja akhanda mpaka anamgumi a humpback. Mbiri yodziwika bwino ya Nantucket yaku Nantucket idathandizira msonkhano wa pulogalamu ya "Whale Alert" yomwe imathandiza oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi kuti asamenye anamgumi. Asayansi aku Mexico, America, ndi Cuba adasonkhana ku Havana komwe tidakambirana momwe tingayang'anire thanzi la Gulf of Mexico ndikugwiritsira ntchito zomwe zalembedwazo pakuwongolera limodzi zazinthu zam'madzizo ngakhale pakusintha. Ndinabwerera ku Malta ku msonkhano wachinayi wa "Ocean Yathu", kumene atsogoleri a m'nyanja monga Mlembi wakale wa boma John Kerry, Prince Albert wa ku Monaco, ndi Prince Charles wa ku United Kingdom adayesetsa kubweretsa chiyembekezo ku tsogolo lathu logawana nyanja. Pamene asayansi ndi opanga malamulo ochokera ku mayiko a zilumba za 12 adasonkhana ku Fiji ndi gulu la TOF pa zokambirana zathu za sayansi ndi ndondomeko za nyanja, adalowa m'gulu la omwe adaphunzitsidwa pa zokambirana za TOF ku Mauritius - kulimbikitsa mphamvu za mayiko a zilumbazi kuti amvetse. zomwe zikuchitika m'madzi awo ndikuthana ndi zomwe angathe.

Azores Archipelago, Azores.com

Kuchokera kugombe lamapiri la Azores mpaka ku magombe otentha a Fiji kukafika kumalo otchuka kwambiri otchedwa malecon [mabwalo apamadzi] a ku Havana, zovutazo zinali zoonekeratu. Tonsefe tinaona chiwonongeko chotheratu ku Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Dominica, US Virgin Islands, ndi British Virgin Islands pamene mphepo za mkuntho Irma ndi Maria zinawononga kwambiri zomangamanga zomangidwa ndi anthu komanso zachilengedwe. Cuba ndi zilumba zina za Caribbean zidawonongekanso kwambiri. Mayiko a zisumbu za Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, ndi Indonesia pamodzi anawononga ndalama zokwana madola mamiliyoni mazana ambiri chifukwa cha mvula yamkuntho chaka chino. Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, pali zinthu zina zowopsa zimene zingawononge moyo wa zisumbu monga kukokoloka kwa nthaka, kuloŵerera kwa madzi amchere m’magwero a madzi akumwa opanda mchere, ndi kusamuka kwa zamoyo za m’madzi zodziŵika bwino kuchoka kumalo akale chifukwa cha kutentha ndi zinthu zina.

Allan Michael Chastanet, Pulezidenti wa St. Lucia

Monga tafotokozera mu The New York Times

Mukaphatikiza ma EEZ awo, Maiko a Zilumba Zing'onozing'ono ndi Mayiko Akuluakulu a Nyanja Yaikulu. Chifukwa chake, zinthu zakunyanja zawo zikuyimira cholowa chawo komanso tsogolo lawo, komanso udindo wathu wonse wochepetsa kuvulaza anansi athu kulikonse. Pamene tikubweretsa nkhani za m'nyanja pamisonkhano yapadziko lonse lapansi, malingaliro a mayikowa akusintha kuchoka pang'ono kupita ku zazikulu! Fiji idachita nawo gawo lalikulu chaka chino ngati onse otsogolera msonkhano wa UN SDG 14 "Ocean Conference" mu June komanso wochititsa msonkhano waukulu wapachaka womwe umadziwika kuti UNFCCC COP23, womwe unachitikira ku Bonn mu Novembala. Fiji ikufunanso mgwirizano wa Oceans Pathway Partnership monga njira yomwe imatsimikizira kuti tonsefe timaganizira za nyanja pamene tikugwira ntchito yothana ndi kusokonezeka kwa nyengo. Sweden monga gulu la UN Ocean Conference amazindikira izi. Ndipo, Germany ikuchitanso chimodzimodzi. Sali okha.

Mark J. Spalding akupereka ku COP23, Bonn, Germany

Prime Minister Gaston Browne waku Antigua ndi Barbuda.

Monga tafotokozera mu The New York Times

Ndinakhala ndi mwayi wopezeka pamisonkhano yapadziko lonse iwiriyi komwe chiyembekezo ndi zokhumudwitsa zimayendera limodzi. Mayiko a m’zilumba zing’onozing’ono amapereka mpweya wochepera pa 2 peresenti ya mpweya wotenthetsa dziko, koma akukumana ndi zotsatirapo zoipa kwambiri mpaka pano. Pali chiyembekezo choti titha kuthana ndi mavutowa ndikuthandiza mayiko a zisumbu kuchita izi kudzera mu Green Climate Fund ndi njira zina; ndipo pali kukhumudwa koyenera kuti maiko omwe athandizira kwambiri kusintha kwanyengo akuchedwa kwambiri kuti athandize mayiko a zilumba omwe akukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kusintha kwanyengo.

Thoriq Ibrahim, Nduna ya Zamagetsi ndi Zachilengedwe ku Maldives

Monga tafotokozera mu The New York Times

Chilumba changa chomaliza pa chaka chinali Cozumel ya ku Mexico kumsonkhano wamapaki amitundu itatu (Cuba, Mexico, ndi US). Cozumel ndi nyumba ya Ixchel, mulungu wa Mayan, Mkazi wamkazi wa Mwezi. Kachisi wake wamkulu anali yekhayekha ku Cozumel ndipo amayendera kamodzi kokha masiku 28 mwezi uli wathunthu ndikuwunikira njira yoyera ya miyala yamchere yodutsa m'nkhalango. Imodzi mwa ntchito zake inali monga mulungu wamkazi wa malo obala zipatso ndi maluwa padziko lapansi, wokhala ndi mphamvu yochiritsa. Msonkhanowo unali wamphamvu kwambiri kwa chaka chomwe chakhala chikuyang'ana momwe tingayendetsere ubale wathu waumunthu ndi nyanja ku machiritso.

Cozumel, Mexico, Photo Credit: Shireen Rahimi, CubaMar

Ndinachokanso m'chaka changa cha zilumba ndikuzindikira mowonjezereka kufunika kothandizira kupirira ndi kusintha mofulumira, ngakhale pamene tikukonzekera kusamuka kosapeweka pamene madzi a m'nyanja akukwera. Zambiri zomwe zili pachiwopsezo ziyenera kutanthauza mawu akulu. Tiyenera kuyikapo ndalama pano, osati mtsogolo.

Tiyenera kumvera nyanja. Yapita nthawi yakuti tonsefe tiziika patsogolo zinthu zimene zimatipatsa mpweya, chakudya, ndi zinthu zina zambiri zothandiza. Anthu a m’zilumba zake akweza mawu ake. Anthu athu amayesetsa kuwateteza. Tonsefe tikhoza kuchita zambiri.

Kwa nyanja,
Mark J. Spalding