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“Sindinachionepo chonchi.” Izi n’zimene ndamva mobwerezabwereza pamene ndinapita kumadera osiyanasiyana m’milungu ingapo yapitayi—ku La Jolla ndi Laguna Beach, ku Portland ndi ku Rockland, ku Boston ndi Cambridge, ku New Orleans ndi ku Covington, ku Key West ndi Savannah.

Sizinali mbiri yokha ya kutentha kwa Marichi 9 kumpoto chakum'mawa kapena kusefukira kwamadzi komwe kunatsatira mbiri ya masiku amvula ku Louisiana ndi madera ena akumwera. Sikunali kokha kuphuka koyambirira kwa zomera zambiri kapena mafunde oopsa amene akupha nyama za m’nyanja ndi kuwononga nkhono zokolola m’mphepete mwa nyanja chakumadzulo konse. Udzudzu sunalumidwe nkomwe ngakhale nyengo yachisanu isanayambe kumpoto kwa dziko lapansi! Zinali malingaliro okulirapo a anthu ambiri, kuphatikiza ena omwe amatsogolera komanso owonetsa pamisonkhanoyi, kuti tili m'nthawi yakusintha mwachangu kuti tiwone ndi kumva, ziribe kanthu zomwe tikuchita tsiku lililonse.

Ku California, ndidalankhula ku Scripps za kuthekera kwa kaboni wabuluu pothandizira kuthana ndi zotsatira za zochita za anthu panyanja. Ophunzira omaliza maphunziro omwe ali ndi chiyembekezo, omwe adakumana ndi ine ndikufunsa mafunso abwino akudziwa bwino za cholowa cha mibadwo yawo. Ku Boston, ndinakamba nkhani yonena za mmene kusintha kwa nyengo kungawonongere zakudya za m’nyanja—zina zimene tikuziona kale, ndipo zina tingazione. Ndipo mosakayika, pali zambiri zomwe sitingathe kuziyembekezera chifukwa cha kusintha kwachangu—sitinawonepo motere.

Ku Cambridge, opereka ndalama ndi alangizi azachuma anali kukambirana za momwe angagwirizanitsire ndalama ndi ntchito zathu zachifundo pamsonkhano wapachaka wa Confluence Philanthropy. Zokambirana zambiri zidayang'ana makampani okhazikika omwe akufunafuna, ndikupanga, mayankho okhazikika omwe amapereka kubweza kwachuma komwe sikunakhazikitsidwe pamafuta oyaka. Divest-Invest Philanthropy inasonkhanitsa mamembala ake oyambirira mu 2014. Tsopano ili ndi mabungwe oposa 500 ofunika ndalama zoposa $ 3.4 trilioni pamodzi omwe alonjeza kuti adzipatula okha ku 200 carbon based stocks ndikuyika ndalama zothetsera nyengo. Sitinazionepo chonchi.

Membala wa bungwe la TOF Seascape Council Aimée Christensen analankhula za momwe kudzipereka kwa banja lake pakukulitsa mabizinesi amagetsi adzuwa m'tawuni yakwawo ya Sun Valley kudapangidwa kuti zithandizire kukhazikika kwa anthu ammudzi mwa kusiyanitsa magwero amagetsi - ndikugwirizanitsa zokonda zawo ndi cholinga chawo. Pa gulu lomwelo, TOF Board of Advisors Chair, Angel Braestrup, adalankhula za njira yolumikizira opereka ndalama, mabizinesi, ndi mabungwe osapindula kuti azindikire ndalama zabwino zamagulu am'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi zinthu zam'nyanja zomwe zimawathandiza. Rolando Morillo wa Rockefeller & Company ine ndi ine tinafotokoza za Rockefeller Ocean Strategy ndi momwe mamembala oyambirira a The Ocean Foundation adathandizira kulimbikitsa kusaka ndalama zomwe zinali zabwino kwambiri panyanja, m'malo mongoyipa panyanja. Ndipo aliyense adathawa m'zipinda zamisonkhano zopanda mazenera kwa mphindi zingapo kuti azitha kutenthedwa ndi mpweya wotentha wa masika. Sitinawonepo izi pa Marichi 9 m'mbuyomu.

Ku Key West, ife mamembala a Sargasso Sea Commission tinakumana kuti tilankhule za kasungidwe ka Nyanja ya Sargasso (ndi mphasa zake zoyandama za pogona, kulera udzu wa m'nyanja). Nyanja ndi imodzi mwamalo ofunikira kwambiri am'nyanja a akamba am'nyanja ndi ma eel. Komabe, m’zaka zaposachedwapa, pakhala kuwonjezereka kodabwitsa kwa machulukidwe a sargassum amene akusamba m’magombe a nyanja ya Caribbean, kuwonjezereka koipitsitsa kumene kunachitikapo m’chaka cha 2015. Udzu wa m’nyanja wochuluka kwambiri moti kupezeka kwake kunabweretsa mavuto azachuma ndipo mtengo wouchotsa unali wokulirapo. Tikuwona zomwe zidapangitsa kukula kwakukulu kwa sargassum kunja kwa malire ake? Kodi nchifukwa ninji chinatulutsa zinyalala zonunkha zochulukira zomwe zinakwiyitsa zamoyo za m’nyanja za m’mphepete mwa nyanja ndi kupangitsa odzaona malo kusintha mapulani awo? Sitinazionepo chonchi.

Pa chilumba cha Tybee ndi ku Savannah, nkhaniyo ikunena za zochitika zomwe zimatchedwa kuti mafunde a mfumu - nthawi yojambula mafunde amphamvu kwambiri omwe amachititsa kusefukira kwa madzi m'madera otsika, monga Savannah's River Street moyenerera. Mwezi watsopano ndi wathunthu, dzuŵa ndi mwezi zimaima pamzere, ndipo mphamvu zake yokoka zimalumikizana, zikuyenda panyanja. Izi zimatchedwa mafunde a masika. Chakumapeto kwa dzinja ndi koyambirira kwa masika, pamene dziko likudutsa pafupi ndi dzuŵa m’njira yake, pali kukoka kokwanira kokwanira panyanja kutembenuza mafunde a kasupe kukhala mafunde amphamvu, makamaka ngati kuli mphepo yamkuntho kapena zinthu zina zothandizira. Chiwerengero cha kusefukira kwa madzi kuchokera ku mafunde akukulirakulira chifukwa madzi a m'nyanja ndi okwera kale. Mafunde a mfumu ya Okutobala watha adasefukira mbali zina za chilumba cha Tybee ndi madera ena a Savannah, kuphatikiza River Street. Yawopsezedwanso masika ano. Webusaiti ya City ili ndi mndandanda wothandiza wamisewu yopewera mvula yamphamvu. Mwezi wathunthu unali pa Marichi 23 ndipo mafunde anali okwera kwambiri, mwa zina chifukwa chachilendo chakumapeto kwa nyengo ya noreaster. Sitinazionepo chonchi.

Zambiri zomwe zili m'tsogolo ndikusintha ndikukonzekera. Titha kuwonetsetsa kuti mafunde amphamvu samatsuka pulasitiki watsopano ndi zinyalala zina kubwerera m'nyanja. Titha kupeza njira zotsuka milu ya udzu wa m'nyanja popanda kuwononganso zamoyo za m'nyanja, ndipo mwinanso mwakusandutsa zinthu zothandiza ngati feteleza. Titha kuyika ndalama m'makampani omwe ndi abwino kunyanja. Tikhoza kuyang'ana njira zochepetsera kusintha kwa nyengo kumene tingathe, ndi kuthetseratu momwe tingathere. Ndipo tingathe kuchita zimenezi ngakhale kuti nyengo yatsopano iliyonse ingabweretse zinthu zimene sitinazionepo.