Winter Surf

Zotsatirazi ndi blog ya alendo yolembedwa ndi Catharine Cooper, TOF Board of Advisor Member. Kuti muwerenge zonse za Catharine, pitani kwathu Tsamba la Board of Advisor.

Kusambira m'nyengo yozizira.
Dawn Patrol.
Kutentha kwa mpweya - 48 °. Kutentha kwa nyanja - 56 °.

Ndimalowa mwachangu mu suti yanga, mpweya wozizira umachotsa kutentha mthupi langa. Ndimakoka nsapato, kutsitsa zamkati za wetsuit pamwamba pa mapazi anga omwe tsopano ali ndi neoprene, ndikuwonjezera sera pa bolodi langa lalitali, ndikukhala kuti ndifufuze kutupa. Momwe ndi pomwe pachimake chasunthira. Nthawi pakati pa ma seti. Paddle out zone. Mafunde, ma riptides, kumene mphepo ikupita. M'mawa uno, ndi nyengo yachisanu kumadzulo.

Ochita mafunde amatchera khutu kunyanja. Ndi kwawo kutali ndi mtunda, ndipo nthawi zambiri kumakhala kokhazikika kuposa madera ena. Pali Zen yolumikizidwa ndi mafunde, mphamvu yamadzi yoyendetsedwa ndi mphepo, yomwe yayenda mitunda mazana ambiri kukafika kugombe. Mphuno yowomba, nkhope yonyezimira, kugunda komwe kumagunda mwala kapena osaya ndikukwera m'mwamba ndi kutsogolo ngati mphamvu yakugunda kwachilengedwe.

Poyang'ana kwambiri tsopano ngati chisindikizo kuposa munthu, ndimayang'ana mosamalitsa khomo lamiyala lolowera kunyumba yanga, San Onofre. Anthu ochuluka oyenda panyanja andimenya mpaka kufika pamene mafunde amathyola kumanzere ndi kumanja. Ndimalowa m'madzi ozizira, ndikulola kuzizira kutsika kumbuyo kwanga pamene ndikumizidwa m'madzi amchere. Ndikokoma lilime langa ndikamanyambita madontho ku milomo yanga. Zimakoma ngati kwathu. Ndimadzigudubuza pa bolodi langa ndikupalasa kufupi ndi nthawi yopuma, pamene kumbuyo kwanga, thambo limadzisonkhanitsa lokha mumagulu apinki pamene dzuŵa likuyang'ana pang'onopang'ono pamwamba pa mapiri a Santa Margarita.

Madziwo ndi owoneka bwino kwambiri ndipo ndimawona miyala ndi mabedi pansi panga. Nsomba zochepa. Palibe shaki iliyonse yomwe imabisala m'malo awo. Ndimayesetsa kunyalanyaza ma reactor omwe akubwera a San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant omwe amalamulira gombe lamchenga. 'Mabele' aŵiriwa, monga momwe amatchulidwira mwachikondi, tsopano otsekedwa ndipo akuchotsedwa ntchito, amakhala ngati chikumbutso chowopsa cha kuopsa kwa malo osambirawa.

Miyezi ingapo yapitayo, lipenga lochenjeza zamwadzidzidzi linalira mosalekeza kwa mphindi 15, popanda uthenga wapagulu wothetsa mantha a ife m’madzimo. Pamapeto pake, tinaganiza kuti, chani? Ngati iyi inali ngozi yosungunuka kapena yotulutsa ma radio, tinali oyenda kale, bwanji osangosangalala ndi mafunde am'mawa. Pambuyo pake tinalandira uthenga wa "mayesero", koma tinali titasiya kale kuti tiwononge.

Tikudziwa kuti nyanja ili pamavuto. Ndikovuta kutembenuza tsamba popanda chithunzi china cha zinyalala, pulasitiki, kapena mafuta aposachedwa akutayira m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi zisumbu zonse. Njala yathu ya mphamvu, zonse za nyukiliya ndi zomwe zimachokera ku mafuta oyaka, yadutsa pomwe sitingathe kunyalanyaza kuwonongeka komwe tikuyambitsa. "Pothandizira." Ndizovuta kumeza mawu amenewo pamene tikuyenda m'mphepete mwa kusintha popanda mwayi wochira.

Ndi ife. Anthufe. Popanda kukhalapo kwathu, nyanja ikadapitirizabe kugwira ntchito monga idachitira kwa zaka zikwi zambiri. Zamoyo za m’nyanja zikanafalikira. Pansi pa nyanja amakwera ndi kugwa. Magwero achilengedwe a chakudya akanapitiriza kudzipezera okha. Kelp ndi corals zidzakula bwino.

Nyanja yatisamalira - inde, yatisamalira - kudzera mukugwiritsa ntchito kwathu mosazindikira za chuma ndi zotsatirapo zake. Ngakhale kuti takhala tikuwotcha mochita misala chifukwa cha mafuta oyaka, ndikuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa kaboni m'malo athu osalimba komanso apadera, nyanja yakhala ikutenga mochulukira momwe tingathere. Chotsatira? Chotsatira chaching'ono choyipa chotchedwa Ocean Acidification (OA).

Kuchepetsa pH ya madzi kumachitika pamene mpweya woipa, wotengedwa mumlengalenga, umasakanikirana ndi madzi a m'nyanja. Amasintha chemistry ndikuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa ma ayoni a carbon, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kuwerengera zamoyo monga oyster, clams, urchins za m'nyanja, ma corals amadzi osaya, ma corals akuzama, ndi plankton ya calcareous kupanga ndi kusunga zipolopolo. Nsomba zina zimatha kuzindikira zolusa zimachepanso chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa acidity, zomwe zimayika ukonde wonse wazakudya pachiwopsezo.

Kafukufuku waposachedwa wapeza kuti madzi a ku California akupanga acidity kuwirikiza kawiri kuposa kwina kulikonse padziko lapansi, kuwopseza usodzi wovuta m'mphepete mwa nyanja yathu. Mafunde apanyanja pano amakonda kusinthasintha madzi ozizira, ochulukirapo kuchokera pansi panyanja kupita kumtunda, njira yotchedwa upwelling. Zotsatira zake, madzi aku California anali kale acidic kuposa madera ena ambiri am'nyanja kusanachitike kukwera kwa OA. Ndikayang'ana pansi pa kabokosi ndi nsomba zazing'ono, sindikuwona kusintha kwa madzi, koma kafukufuku akupitiriza kutsimikizira kuti zomwe sindingathe kuziwona zikuwononga moyo wa m'nyanja.

Sabata ino, NOAA idatulutsa lipoti lowulula kuti OA tsopano ikukhudza zipolopolo ndi ziwalo zomva za Dungeness Crab. Nsomba zamtengo wapatalizi ndi imodzi mwazasodzi zamtengo wapatali ku West Coast, ndipo kutha kwake kungayambitse chipwirikiti pazachuma m'makampani. Kale, minda ya oyster m'boma la Washington, adayenera kusintha kubzala kwa mabedi awo kuti apewe kuchuluka kwa CO2.

OA, wosakanikirana ndi kukwera kwa kutentha kwa nyanja chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo, zimadzutsa mafunso enieni okhudza mmene zamoyo za m’madzi zidzakhalira m’kupita kwa nthaŵi. Maiko ambiri azachuma amadalira nsomba ndi nkhono, ndipo padziko lonse pali anthu amene amadalira chakudya chochokera kunyanja monga gwero lalikulu la mapuloteni.

Ndikukhumba ndikananyalanyaza zowona, ndikuyesa kuti nyanja yokongola iyi yomwe ndikukhalamo ili bwino 100%, koma ndikudziwa kuti sichowonadi. Ndikudziwa kuti tiyenera pamodzi kusonkhanitsa chuma chathu ndi mphamvu zathu kuti tichepetse kuwonongeka komwe tayamba kuchita. Zili ndi ife kusintha zizolowezi zathu. Zili kwa ife kufunsa kuti oimira athu ndi boma lathu akumane ndi ziwopsezozi, ndikuchitapo kanthu pamlingo waukulu kuti tichepetse mpweya wathu wa kaboni ndikusiya kuwononga chilengedwe chomwe chimatithandiza tonsefe.  

Ndimapalasa kuti ndigwire funde, kuyimirira, ndikumazungulira nkhope yosweka. Ndizokongola kwambiri kotero kuti mtima wanga umachita kutembenuka pang'ono. Pamwamba pake ndi bwino, crispy, woyera. Sindikuwona OA, koma sindingathenso kunyalanyaza. Palibe aliyense wa ife amene angakwanitse kunamizira kuti sizikuchitika. Palibenso nyanja ina.