Pamene tikuyamba chaka chatsopano, tikuloweranso m'zaka khumi zachitatu za The Ocean Foundation, choncho takhala nthawi yambiri tikuganizira zam'tsogolo. M'chaka cha 2021, ndikuwona ntchito zazikulu zomwe zidzachitike m'tsogolo pobwezeretsa kuchuluka kwa madzi m'nyanja - ntchito zomwe zidzafunika kuti aliyense mdera lathu ndi kupitirira apo atsirizidwe. Kuopsa kwa nyanja kumadziwika bwino, monganso njira zambiri zothetsera vutoli. Monga ndimanena nthawi zambiri, yankho losavuta ndilakuti "Chotsani zinthu zabwino zochepa, osayikamo zoyipa." Zoonadi, kuchitako n’kovuta kwambiri kuposa mawuwo.

Kuphatikizira Aliyense Molingana: Ndiyenera kuyamba ndi kusiyanasiyana, chilungamo, kuphatikiza, ndi chilungamo. Kuyang'ana momwe timayendetsera chuma chathu cham'nyanja komanso momwe timagawira mwayi wopezeka kudzera m'mawonekedwe achilungamo kumatanthauza kuti sitiwononga nyanja ndi zinthu zake, ndikutsimikizira kukhazikika kwachuma, chilengedwe, ndi chuma kwa omwe ali pachiwopsezo kwambiri. midzi. Choncho, chofunika kwambiri ndikuwonetsetsa kuti tikugwiritsa ntchito machitidwe oyenerera m'mbali zonse za ntchito yathu, kuchokera ku ndalama ndi kugawa mpaka kuzinthu zosamalira. Ndipo munthu sangaganizire nkhaniyi popanda kuphatikizira zotsatira za mpweya wowonjezera kutentha muzokambirana.

Sayansi Yapanyanja Ndi Yeniyeni: Januware 2021 ndikuwonetsanso kukhazikitsidwa kwa UN Zaka khumi za Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (Zaka khumi), mgwirizano wapadziko lonse lapansi kuti uthandizire kukwaniritsa zolinga za SDG 14. Ocean Foundation, monga maziko okhawo am'madzi am'nyanja, yadzipereka pakukwaniritsa Zaka khumi ndikuwonetsetsa kuti maiko ONSE am'mphepete mwa nyanja ali ndi mwayi wopeza sayansi yomwe amafunikira panyanja yomwe akufuna. Ocean Foundation yapereka nthawi ya antchito kuti ithandizire zaka khumizi ndipo ili pafupi kukhazikitsa mapulogalamu owonjezera othandizira Zaka Khumi, kuphatikiza kukhazikitsa ndalama zachifundo za "EquiSea: The Ocean Science Fund for All" ndi "Friends of the UN Decade." Kuonjezera apo, takhala tikulimbikitsa anthu omwe si a boma komanso opereka chithandizo chachifundo ndi ntchito yapadziko lonse. Pomaliza, tikuyamba a mgwirizano wokhazikika ndi NOAA kuti tigwirizane pa zoyesayesa zasayansi zapadziko lonse ndi zapadziko lonse zopititsa patsogolo kafukufuku, kasamalidwe ndi kumvetsetsa kwathu nyanja yapadziko lonse lapansi.

Gulu la Ocean Acidification Monitoring Workshop ku Colombia
Gulu la Ocean Acidification Monitoring Workshop ku Colombia

Kusintha ndi Kuteteza: Kugwira ntchito ndi madera kupanga ndi kukhazikitsa njira zothetsera vutoli ndi ntchito yachitatu. 2020 idabweretsa mvula yamkuntho yaku Atlantic, kuphatikiza zina mwamphepo zamkuntho zamphamvu kwambiri zomwe derali silinawonepo, komanso kuchuluka kwa masoka omwe adawononga ndalama zopitilira mabiliyoni a anthu, ngakhale zinthu zachilengedwe zamtengo wapatali zidawonongekanso kapena kuwonongedwa. Kuchokera ku Central America mpaka ku Philippines, ku kontinenti iliyonse, pafupifupi m’chigawo chilichonse cha US, tinaona mmene kusintha kwa nyengo kungawonongere. Ntchitoyi ndi yovuta komanso yolimbikitsa - tili ndi mwayi wothandiza madera a m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi madera ena okhudzidwa kumanganso (kapena kusamutsa mwanzeru) zomangamanga zawo ndikubwezeretsanso zosungira zachilengedwe ndi machitidwe ena. Timayang'ana zoyesayesa zathu kudzera mu Ocean Foundation Blue Resilience Initiative ndi CariMar Initiative pakati pa ena. Zina mwa zoyesayesa izi, tikugwira ntchito limodzi ndi ogwira nawo ntchito kuti tipange Network Strong Islands Network kuti tithandizire kubwezeretsa kulimba kwa nyengo kwa udzu wa m'nyanja, mitengo ya mangrove ndi madambo amchere.

Ocean Acidization: Ocean acidization ndizovuta zomwe zimakula chaka chilichonse. Mtengo wa TOF International Ocean Acidification Initiative (IOAI) idapangidwa kuti izithandizira mayiko a m'mphepete mwa nyanja kuyang'anira madzi awo, kuzindikira njira zochepetsera, ndi kukhazikitsa mfundo zothandizira kuti mayiko awo asakhale pachiwopsezo cha kuwonongeka kwa asidi m'nyanja. Januware 8th, 2021 ndi tsiku lachitatu lapachaka la Ocean Acidification Day of Action, ndipo The Ocean Foundation imanyadira kukhala ndi ma network awo ogwirizana padziko lonse lapansi kukondwerera kukwaniritsidwa kwa zoyesayesa zathu zochepetsera ndikuyang'anira zotsatira za acidity ya m'nyanja m'madera athu. Ocean Foundation yayika ndalama zoposa USD $3m pothana ndi acidity ya m'nyanja, kukhazikitsa mapulogalamu atsopano owunikira m'maiko 16, ndikupanga malingaliro atsopano achigawo kuti apititse patsogolo mgwirizano, ndikupanga njira zatsopano zotsika mtengo kuti apititse patsogolo kugawa kofanana kwa kafukufuku wa acidization wa nyanja. Othandizana nawo a IOAI ku Mexico akupanga malo oyamba kusungiramo zidziwitso za sayansi yapanyanja kuti alimbikitse kuyang'anira acidity ya nyanja komanso thanzi lanyanja. Ku Ecuador, ogwira nawo ntchito ku Galapagos akuphunzira momwe zachilengedwe zozungulira mpweya wa CO2 zimasinthira kuti zikhale zocheperako pH, zomwe zimatipatsa chidziwitso chakutsogolo kwa nyanja zam'nyanja.

Pangani kusintha kwa buluu: Pozindikira kuti cholinga chachikulu m'dziko lililonse chidzakhala kukonzanso kwachuma pambuyo pa COVID-19 ndikukhazikika kwamtsogolo, Blue Shift yomanganso bwino, komanso yokhazikika ndi nthawi yake. Chifukwa pafupifupi maboma onse akukakamira kuti aphatikizepo thandizo pazachuma komanso kupanga ntchito pamaphukusi oyankha a coronavirus, ndikofunikira kutsindika za phindu lazachuma komanso dera la Blue Economy yokhazikika. Ntchito yathu yazachuma ikakonzeka kuyambiranso, tonse tiyenera kuwonetsetsa kuti bizinesi ikupitilira popanda machitidwe owononga omwe pamapeto pake adzavulaza anthu komanso chilengedwe. Masomphenya athu a Blue Economy yatsopano amayang'ana kwambiri zamafakitale (monga zausodzi ndi zokopa alendo) zomwe zimadalira zachilengedwe za m'mphepete mwa nyanja, komanso omwe amapanga ntchito zokhudzana ndi mapulogalamu apadera okonzanso, ndi omwe amapanga ndalama zopindulitsa mayiko a m'mphepete mwa nyanja.

Ntchitoyi ndi yovuta komanso yolimbikitsa - tili ndi mwayi wothandiza anthu am'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi madera ena okhudzidwa kumanganso (kapena kusamutsa mwanzeru) zomangamanga zawo ndikubwezeretsanso zosungira zachilengedwe ndi machitidwe ena.

Kusintha kumayamba ndi ife. Mu blog yam'mbuyomu, ndidalankhula za zisankho zofunikira zochepetsera zoyipa zomwe timachita panyanja, makamaka kuzungulira. kuyenda . Kotero apa ndikuwonjezera kuti aliyense atha kuthandiza. Titha kukhala osamala za kumwa komanso kuchuluka kwa carbon pa chilichonse chomwe timachita. Titha kuletsa zinyalala za pulasitiki ndikuchepetsa zolimbikitsa kuti zipangidwe. Ife ku TOF takhala tikuyang'ana kwambiri pazamankhwala ndi lingaliro loti tifunika kukhazikitsa gulu lotsogola la mapulasitiki - kupeza njira zina zenizeni zosinthira zosafunikira komanso kufewetsa ma polima omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito pofunikira - kusintha pulasitiki yokha kuchoka ku Complex, Customized & Contaminated to Safe, Simple. & Zokhazikika.

Ndizowona kuti chifuniro cha ndale chokhazikitsa ndondomeko zabwino m'nyanja zimadalira tonsefe, ndipo ziyenera kuphatikizapo kuzindikira mawu a aliyense amene ali ndi vuto ndi kuyesetsa kupeza njira zothetsera mavuto zomwe sizikutisiya pamene tili. malo omwe kuvulazidwa kwakukulu kwa nyanja kulinso zoopsa kwambiri kwa anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo. Mndandanda wa 'zochita' ndi waukulu-koma tikuyamba 2021 ndi chiyembekezo chochuluka kuti anthu akufuna kubwezeretsa thanzi ndi kuchuluka kwa nyanja yathu.