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Julio M. Morell

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Pulofesa Julio M. Morell Rodríguez ndi Mtsogoleri Wamkulu komanso Wofufuza Wamkulu wa Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System (CARICOOS), yomwe ili m'chigawo cha US Integrated Ocean Observing System. Wobadwira ndikukulira ku Puerto Rico, adalandira B.Sc. ku yunivesite ya Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. Wophunzitsidwa ku Chemical Oceanography ku yunivesite ya Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, kuyambira 1999 wakhala pulofesa wofufuza ku Dipatimenti ya Sayansi ya Zam'madzi. Minda yomwe amatsata pantchito yake ndi monga kagayidwe ka plankton, kuyipitsidwa ndi mafuta, zinyalala ndi zakudya zamtundu wa anthropogenic komanso kafukufuku wamachitidwe am'madzi am'madzi am'madzi am'madzi kuphatikiza gawo lawo pakuwongolera mpweya wotentha (wowonjezera kutentha) mumlengalenga.

Pulofesa Morell adatenganso nawo gawo pazofufuza zamitundu yosiyanasiyana kuti azindikire kutengera kwa mitsinje yayikulu (Orinoco ndi Amazon) ndi njira za mesoscale, monga ma eddies ndi mafunde amkati, pamawonekedwe, thupi ndi biogeochemical madzi aku Eastern Caribbean. Zolinga zaposachedwa kwambiri za kafukufuku zikuphatikiza kusiyanasiyana kwa nyengo ndi acidity ya m'nyanja m'malo athu am'nyanja ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja.

Pulofesa Morell wayang'ana nyanja ngati malo ake osangalalira; Izi zamupangitsanso kudziwa zofunikira zofunika kwambiri za m'mphepete mwa nyanja zomwe zimakumana ndi magulu osiyanasiyana a anthu ku Caribbean. Kwa zaka zopitirira khumi, Prof. Morell wakhala akuyang'ana kwambiri pa chitukuko cha ndi CARICOOS ndi cholinga chopereka zofunikira. Izi zafuna kuyanjana kosalekeza kwa magawo omwe akukhudzidwa ndikupanga maubwenzi abwino ndi kafukufuku wofunikira, maphunziro, federal, boma ndi mabungwe omwe apangitsa kuti CARICOOS ikhale yeniyeni. CARICOOS imapereka chidziwitso chofunikira komanso chidziwitso chothandizira madera otetezeka a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi zomangamanga, ntchito zotetezeka komanso zogwira mtima zapanyanja komanso kasamalidwe kazinthu zam'mphepete mwa nyanja.

Mwa zina, ndi mlangizi ku Puerto Rico Climate Change Council, pulogalamu ya UPR Sea Grant ndi Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.