Kukhazikika Kwamunthu

Anthu a mumzinda wa Vieques, ku Puerto Rico akuyenda bwino pasanathe zaka zitatu atakumana ndi mvula yamkuntho yoopsa kwambiri m'zaka 89.

Mu Seputembala 2017, dziko lapansi lidawona ngati madera a zisumbu kudera lonse la Caribbean akuyesetsa kupeza mphepo zamkuntho ziwiri za Gulu 5; njira zawo zodutsa m'nyanja ya Caribbean m'milungu iwiri.

Mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Irma inali yoyamba, kenako mphepo yamkuntho Maria. Onsewa adawononga kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Caribbean - makamaka Dominica, Saint Croix ndi Puerto Rico. Masiku ano Maria amaonedwa kuti ndi tsoka lachilengedwe loipitsitsa kwambiri lomwe silinachitikepo pa zilumbazi. Vieques, Puerto Rico anapita MIYEZI XNUMX popanda mtundu uliwonse wa mphamvu yodalirika, yosalekeza. Kuti tiwone bwino, mphamvu idabwezeretsedwa kwa osachepera 95% a makasitomala mkati mwa masiku 13 a Superstorm Sandy ku New York komanso mkati mwa sabata imodzi pambuyo pa Hurricane Harvey ku Texas. Viequenses anapita magawo awiri mwa magawo atatu a chaka popanda kutha kutentha stovu zawo, kuyatsa nyumba zawo kapena zipangizo zamagetsi zamtundu uliwonse. Ambiri aife lero sitingadziwe momwe tingagwiritsire ntchito batire ya iPhone yakufa, tisaiwale kuonetsetsa kuti chakudya ndi mankhwala zili m'manja mwathu. Pamene anthu ammudzi ankafuna kumanganso, chivomezi champhamvu cha 6.4 chinachitika ku Puerto Rico mu January 2020. Ndipo mu March, dziko linayamba kulimbana ndi mliri wapadziko lonse. 

Ndi zonse zomwe zakhudza chilumba cha Vieques pazaka zingapo zapitazi, mungaganize kuti mzimu wa anthu ammudzi ukhoza kusweka. Komabe, m’zokumana nazo zathu, zangowonjezereka. Ndi pano pakati pa akavalo akutchire, akamba akudyera msipu ndi kuwala kwa dzuwa kulowa kwa dzuwa komwe timapeza. gulu la atsogoleri amphamvu, kumanga mibadwo ya anthu oteteza zachilengedwe am’tsogolo.

Munjira zambiri, sitiyenera kudabwa. Viequenses ndi opulumuka - zaka zoposa 60 zoyendetsa asilikali ndi kuyesa zida zankhondo, mphepo yamkuntho kawirikawiri, nthawi yaitali ya mvula yochepa kapena yopanda kanthu, mayendedwe osowa komanso palibe chipatala kapena zipatala zokwanira zakhala zikuchitika. Ndipo pamene Vieques ndi amodzi mwa madera osauka kwambiri komanso osapindula kwambiri ku Puerto Rico, ilinso ndi magombe okongola kwambiri ku Caribbean, mabedi ochuluka a udzu, nkhalango za mangrove ndi zomera ndi zinyama zomwe zatsala pang'ono kutha. Ndi kwawonso Bahía Bioluminiscente - malo owala kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komanso kwa ena odabwitsa achisanu ndi chitatu padziko lapansi.  

Mitengo yambiri yoteteza mitengo ya mangrove ndi udzu wa m’nyanja inawonongedwa pa nthawi ya mphepo yamkuntho yotchedwa Hurricane Maria, zomwe zinachititsa kuti madera akuluakulu azikokoloka. Mitengo ya mangrove yomwe ili pafupi ndi Bay imathandiza kuteteza zamoyo zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale kuwala kwaulemerero kumeneku, komwe kumatchedwa dinoflagellate. Pyrodinium wamba - kukhala bwino. Kukokoloka kwa nthaka, kuwonongeka kwa mitengo ya mangrove ndi kusintha kwa morphology kunapangitsa kuti ma dinoflagellate awa athamangitsidwe m'nyanja. Popanda kulowererapo, Bay anali pachiwopsezo cha "kuda" komanso, osati malo owoneka bwino, koma chikhalidwe chonse ndi chuma chomwe chimadalira.

Ngakhale kukhala chokopa pazachilengedwe, ma dinoflagellate a bioluminescent amagwiranso ntchito yofunika kwambiri pazachilengedwe. Tizilombo tating'onoting'ono ta m'madzi timene timakhala ngati plankton, kapena tinthu tating'onoting'ono tomwe timayendetsedwa ndi mafunde ndi mafunde. Monga phytoplankton, dinoflagellates ndi omwe amapanga kwambiri omwe amapereka mphamvu zambiri kuti akhazikitse maziko a chakudya cha m'nyanja.

Kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi kudzera mu udindo wanga ku The Ocean Foundation, ndakhala ndi mwayi wogwira ntchito ndi gululi. Mnyamata wa mchipululu wochokera ku Arizona, ndakhala ndikuphunzira zodabwitsa ndi munthu yekha wochokera pachilumba angaphunzitse. Pamene timachita zambiri, ndikuwona momwe Vieques Trust sichiri bungwe losamalira, koma ndi gulu la anthu lomwe lili ndi udindo wothandizira pafupifupi aliyense mwa anthu pafupifupi 9,300 omwe amakhala pachilumbachi mwanjira ina. Ngati mumakhala ku Vieques, mumadziwa antchito awo ndi ophunzira bwino. Mwinamwake mwapereka ndalama, katundu kapena nthawi yanu. Ndipo ngati muli ndi vuto, n’kutheka kuti mumawaimbira kaye.

Kwa zaka pafupifupi zitatu, The Ocean Foundation yagwira ntchito pachilumbachi poyankha Maria. Tatha kupeza thandizo lofunikira kuchokera kwa opereka ndalama komanso akatswiri ofunikira ku JetBlue Airways, Columbia Sportswear, Rockefeller Capital Management, 11th Hour Racing ndi The New York Community Trust. Pambuyo pochitapo kanthu mwamsanga, tinafunafuna chithandizo chowonjezereka cha kukonzanso kwina, kulola ndi kukonzekera mapulogalamu a maphunziro a achinyamata amderalo mogwirizana ndi anzathu ku Vieques Trust. Munali muzotsatira zomwe tinapeza mwayi wosayembekezeka wokumana ZINTHU/ZINTHU.

WELL/BEINGS adapangidwa zaka zitatu zapitazo ndi cholinga chothandizira anthu, dziko lapansi ndi nyama. Chinthu choyamba chomwe tidazindikira chinali kumvetsetsa kwawo kwapadera kwa mphambano zomwe ziyenera kukhalapo muzopereka zachifundo. Kupyolera mu cholinga ichi chothandizira kuti agwiritse ntchito zida zachirengedwe kuti athane ndi kusintha kwa nyengo - komanso kuthandizira madera akumidzi monga mphamvu yoyendetsera kusintha - kugwirizana kwa Vieques Trust ndi kusungidwa kwa Mosquito Bay kunaonekera kwa ife tonse. Mfungulo inali mmene tingachitire ndi kufotokoza nkhaniyo kuti ena amvetse.

Zikadakhala zabwino mokwanira kuti WELL/BEINGS athandizire ntchitoyo ndi ndalama - ndakhala ndikutukuka kwazaka zopitilira khumi ndipo nthawi zambiri ndizomwe zimachitika. Koma nthawi iyi inali yosiyana: WELL/BEINGS sikuti adangotenga nawo mbali pakuzindikira njira zowonjezera zothandizira anzathu, koma oyambitsa adawona kuti kunali koyenera kuchezeredwa kuti amvetsetse zosowa za komweko kuchokera kwa anthu ammudzi. Tonse tinaganiza zopanga filimu ndikulemba ntchito yodabwitsa yomwe Vieques Trust ikuchita kuti asunge Bay, kusonyeza malo owala kuchokera kumudzi wokhala ndi nkhani yoyenera kufotokozera. Kupatula apo, pali zinthu zoyipa zomwe mungachite ndi moyo wanu pamene tikutuluka mliri wapadziko lonse lapansi kuposa kukhala masiku asanu m'malo okongola kwambiri padziko lapansi.

Titayendera Vieques Trust ndi mapulogalamu awo owoneka ngati opanda malire a anthu ammudzi ndi achinyamata, tinapita ku Bay kuti tikawone ntchitoyo ndi bioluminescence tokha. Kuyenda pang'ono mumsewu wafumbi kunatifikitsa m'mphepete mwa Bay. Tinafika pamtunda wa 20 ndipo tinalandilidwa ndi otsogolera aluso omwe ali ndi zida zodzitetezera, nyali zakumutu komanso kumwetulira kwakukulu.

Pa Bay, zowala za bioluminescent zimavina ngati ziphaniphani pansi pa kayak yathu yowoneka bwino pamene tikuyenda mumdima. Liwiro lomwe tinkapalasa, kuvina kowala kwambiri ndipo mwadzidzidzi kunakhala nyenyezi pamwamba ndi nyenyezi pansi - matsenga anali kutizungulira mbali zonse. Chochitikacho chinali chikumbutso cha zomwe tikugwira ntchito kuti tisunge ndi kuyamikira, momwe aliyense wa ife aliri wofunikira pakuchita maudindo athu ndipo komabe - ndife ochepa bwanji poyerekeza ndi mphamvu ndi chinsinsi cha chilengedwe cha amayi.

Malo a Bioluminescent ndi osowa kwambiri masiku ano. Ngakhale kuti chiwerengero chenichenicho chimatsutsana kwambiri, zimavomerezedwa kuti pali ochepera khumi ndi awiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndipo komabe Puerto Rico ndi kwawo kwa atatu a iwo. Sikuti nthawi zonse anali osowa chonchi; Zolemba zasayansi zikuwonetsa kuti kale panali zina zambiri zisanachitike zatsopano zomwe zidasintha malo ndi zachilengedwe zozungulira.

Koma ku Vieques, Bay imawala usiku uliwonse ndipo mutha kuwona ndikumverera malo ano ali olimba bwanji. Zili pano, ndi othandizana nawo ku Vieques Conservation and Historical Trust, kuti tidakumbutsidwa kuti zikhala choncho ngati titachitapo kanthu kuti titeteze..