Mlungu watha, a Collaborative Institute for Oceans, Climate, and Security inachitikira msonkhano wake woyamba ku yunivesite ya Massachusetts Boston Campus-moyenera, malowa akuzunguliridwa ndi madzi. Mawonekedwe okongola adabisika ndi nyengo yamvula yachifunga kwa masiku awiri oyamba, koma tinali ndi nyengo yabwino kwambiri patsiku lomaliza.  
 

Oimira ochokera ku mabungwe apadera, Navy, Army Corps of Engineers, Coast Guard, NOAA ndi mabungwe ena omwe sali ankhondo, mabungwe osapindula, ndi ophunzira adasonkhana kuti amvetsere okamba nkhani zambiri zokhudzana ndi kuyesetsa kukonza dziko lonse lapansi. chitetezo pothana ndi nkhawa za kusintha kwa nyengo ndi momwe zimakhudzira chitetezo cha chakudya, chitetezo champhamvu, chitetezo chachuma, komanso chitetezo cha dziko. Monga momwe mlankhuli wina wotsegulira ananenera, “Chisungiko chenicheni ndicho kumasuka ku nkhaŵa.”

 

Msonkhanowu unachitika kwa masiku atatu. Mapulogalamuwa anali ndi njira ziwiri: ndondomeko ya ndondomeko ndi njira ya sayansi. Wophunzira ku Ocean Foundation, Matthew Cannistraro ndi ine tinkagulitsa magawo nthawi imodzi ndikuyerekeza zolemba pamisonkhano. Tidawona ena akudziwitsidwa kumene pazinthu zazikulu zam'nyanja zanthawi yathu ino pankhani yachitetezo. Kukwera kwamadzi am'nyanja, acidity yam'nyanja, ndi zochitika zamphepo yamkuntho zinali zovuta zodziwika bwino pachitetezo.  

 

Mayiko ena akuvutika kale kukonzekera kuwononga madera otsika ngakhale mayiko onse. Mayiko ena akuwona mwayi watsopano wachuma. Kodi chimachitika ndi chiyani pamene njira yachidule yochokera ku Asia kupita ku Ulaya idutsa njira yachilimwe yomwe yakonzedwa kumene kudutsa ku Arctic pamene madzi oundana a m'nyanja mulibe? Kodi timakhazikitsa bwanji mapangano omwe alipo kale pakabuka nkhani zatsopano? Nkhani zotere zikuphatikizapo momwe angatetezere ntchito zotetezeka m'madera atsopano omwe angakhalepo mafuta ndi gasi m'madera omwe kuli mdima miyezi isanu ndi umodzi ya chaka ndipo nyumba zokhazikika zimakhala zosatetezeka ku mapiri akuluakulu a madzi oundana ndi zovulaza zina. Nkhani zina zomwe zidadzutsidwa zikuphatikizapo mwayi watsopano wa usodzi, mpikisano watsopano wokhudzana ndi mchere wa m'nyanja yakuya, kusodza kosuntha chifukwa cha kutentha kwa madzi, kuchuluka kwa nyanja, ndi kusintha kwa mankhwala, komanso kuwonongeka kwa zilumba ndi zomangamanga za m'mphepete mwa nyanja chifukwa cha kukwera kwa nyanja.  

 

Tinaphunziranso zambiri. Mwachitsanzo, ndinkadziwa kuti Dipatimenti Yoona za Chitetezo ku United States inkakonda kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta oyaka, koma sindinkadziwa kuti ndi munthu mmodzi yekha amene amagwiritsa ntchito mafuta ambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Kuchepetsa kulikonse pakugwiritsa ntchito mafuta oyambira kale kumakhudza kwambiri kutulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha. Ndinkadziwa kuti magalimoto onyamula mafuta ndi omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu chogwidwa ndi magulu ankhondo, koma zinali zomvetsa chisoni kumva kuti theka la Asitikali a Marines omwe adaphedwa ku Afghanistan ndi Iraq anali kuthandiza mayendedwe amafuta. Kuchepetsa kulikonse kwa kudalira mafuta kumapulumutsa miyoyo ya anyamata ndi atsikana athu kumunda-ndipo tidamva za zatsopano zomwe zikukulitsa kudzidalira kwa mayunitsi akutsogolo ndikuchepetsa chiopsezo.

 

Meteorolgist Jeff Masters, yemwe kale anali mlenje wa mphepo yamkuntho komanso woyambitsa Paliponse, inapereka nkhani yosangalatsa ngati yodetsa nkhaŵa za kuthekera kwa “Zoopsa 12 Zapamwamba Zomwe Zingatheke pa Nyengo Zokwana madola 100 Mabiliyoni Okhudzana ndi Nyengo” zomwe zingachitike chaka cha 2030 chisanafike. Zambiri mwazinthuzi zikuwoneka kuti zili ku United States. Ngakhale kuti ndinkayembekezera kuti angatchule za mphepo zamkuntho ndi mphepo zamkuntho zomwe zidzawombe m'madera omwe ali pangozi, ndinadabwa ndi kuchuluka kwa chilala chomwe chachititsa kuti chuma chiwonongeke komanso imfa ya anthu, ngakhale ku United States, komanso kuti ndi gawo lalikulu bwanji. zitha kusewera kupita patsogolo kukhudza chakudya ndi chitetezo chachuma.

 

Tidasangalala kuwonera, ndikumvetsera, pomwe Bwanamkubwa Patrick Deval adapereka mphotho ya utsogoleri kwa Mlembi wa US Navy Ray Mabus, yemwe kuyesetsa kwake kutsogolera gulu lathu lankhondo la Navy ndi Marine Corps kuchitetezo champhamvu zikuwonetsa kudzipereka kwa Gulu Lankhondo Lankhondo zokhazikika, zodzidalira komanso zodziyimira pawokha. Mlembi Mabus adatikumbutsa kuti kudzipereka kwake kwakukulu kunali kwa Navy yabwino kwambiri, yogwira mtima kwambiri yomwe angalimbikitse-komanso kuti Green Fleet, ndi zochitika zina-zinayimira njira yabwino kwambiri yopititsira patsogolo chitetezo cha padziko lonse. Ndizoipa kwambiri kuti makomiti a congressional oyenerera akuyesera kuletsa njira yanzeru iyi yopititsa patsogolo kudzidalira kwa US.

 

Tidakhalanso ndi mwayi womva kuchokera ku gulu la akatswiri okhudzana ndi kufalikira kwa nyanja ndi kulumikizana, za kufunika kophatikizana ndi anthu pothandizira zoyesayesa kuti ubale wathu ndi nyanja ndi mphamvu zikhale gawo lachitetezo chathu chonse cha zachuma, chikhalidwe, komanso chilengedwe. Mmodzi wapagulu anali The Ocean ProjectWei Ying Wong, yemwe adapereka ulaliki wopatsa chidwi pamipata yomwe idakalipo pamaphunziro am'nyanja komanso kufunikira kogwiritsa ntchito bwino momwe tonsefe timaganizira za nyanja.

 

Monga membala wa gulu lomaliza, ntchito yanga inali yogwira ntchito limodzi ndi anzanga a m’gululi kuti tiyang’ane malingaliro a obwera nawo pa masitepe otsatirawa ndi kugwirizanitsa mfundo zimene zinakambidwa pamsonkhanowo.   

 

Nthawi zonse zimakhala zosangalatsa kukambirana zatsopano za njira zambiri zomwe timadalira panyanja kuti tikhale ndi moyo wabwino padziko lonse lapansi. Lingaliro lachitetezo - pamlingo uliwonse - linali, ndipo lili, chimango chosangalatsa kwambiri pakusunga nyanja.