A Plastic Ocean

Musi waNdira 21, nhengo dzeTOF Board, Joshua Ginsberg, Angel Braestrup, neni takatora chikamu muchiitiko cheSalisbury Forum chakanangana nemarara epurasitiki mugungwa. Chiitiko ichi chakatanga nefirimu ra2016 "A Plastic Ocean," yakadhirowewa yakanakisa, inoshungurudza pfungwa yekuparadzirwa kwese kwemarara epurasitiki mugungwa redu repasi rose (plasticoceans.org) uye kukuvadza kwairi kukonzera kuupenyu hwegungwa uye kunharaunda dzevanhu zvakare. 

Kunyangwe mushure memakore ese aya nenyaya dzakaoma dzataifanira kuona, ndichiri kugumbuka pandinoona humbowo hwekushungurudza kwatinoita gungwa sehove dziri kudzipwa nekufema mapepa epurasitiki, matumbu eshiri akazara nezvidimbu zvepurasitiki. gadzira chikafu, uye vana vachirarama nemuto une munyu une chepfu. Ndakagara kudaro muMoviehouse yainge yakazara vanhu muMillerton, New York, ndakatanga kufunga kuti kana ndaizogona kutaura here mushure mekuona nyaya dzairwadza kudaro.

Hapana mubvunzo kuti huwandu hwacho hwakawandisa- mabhiriyoni ezvimedu zvepurasitiki mugungwa izvo zvisingambofi zvakapera zvachose.

95% yavo idiki pane tsanga yemupunga uye nekudaro inopedzwa zviri nyore nepasi pecheni yechikafu, zviri nyore chikamu chekutora kwesefa feeder senge whale shark uye blue whales. Mapurasitiki anonhonga muchetura uye anopinza mamwe muchetura, anovhunga nzira dzemvura, uye ari kwese kwese kubva kuAntarctica kusvika kuNorth Pole. Uye, pasinei nekuziva kwedu kwehupamhi hwedambudziko, kugadzirwa kwepurasitiki kunofanotaura katatu, zvichibatsirwa nemitengo yakaderera yemafuta emafuta, kubva kune iyo yakawanda plastiki inogadzirwa. 

Microplastic, Oregon State University

Kune mbiri yevagadziri vemafirimu, vanotipa isu tese mukana wekutora chikamu mumhinduro- uye mukana wekutaura tsigiro yedu yemhinduro dzakakura dzenzvimbo dzakaita senyika dzezvitsuwa uko kugadzirisa makomo aripo emarara uye kuronga kwekutonga kweramangwana kunokurumidza, uye zvinodiwa pautano hwehupenyu hwese hwemugungwa. Izvi ndezvechokwadi kunyanya apo kukwira kwegungwa kuri kutyisidzira nzvimbo dzese dzemarara uye zvimwe zvivakwa zvenharaunda, uye nharaunda dziri panjodzi zvakanyanya.

Chinosimbisazve bhaisikopo ndeichi: Pane zvakawanda zvinotyisidzira upenyu hwemugungwa, uye nekukwanisa kubudisa oxygen kwegungwa. Plastiki tsvina ndiyo yakakosha kune izvo zvinotyisidzira. Ocean acidification ndeimwe. Zvinhu zvinosvibisa zvinoyerera zvichibva panyika zvichipinda muhova, nzizi, nemakombi ndezvimwewo. Kuti upenyu hwemugungwa hubudirire, tinofanira kuita nepatinogona napo kuderedza kutyisidzira ikoko. Izvi zvinoreva zvinhu zvakawanda zvakasiyana. Chekutanga, isu tinofanirwa kutsigira nekusimbisa mitemo inotarisirwa kudzikamisa kukuvadza, seMarine Mammal Protection Act, iyo yakaita zvakawanda kubatsira mhuka dzemugungwa kupora uye dzinogona kuramba dzichiita zvakawanda kana izvo zvadziri kuchengetedzwa. 

Marine marara mualbatross nesting habitat, Steven Siegel/Marine Photobank

Zvichakadaro, semasayendisiti, vagari vane hanya, uye vamwe vanoshanda munzira dzekuburitsa mapurasitiki kubva mugungwa pasina kukuvadza zvakanyanya kuhupenyu hwegungwa, tinogona kuita zvese zvatinogona kuchengetedza mapurasitiki kubva mugungwa. Vamwe vanhu vakazvipira vari kushanda munzira dzekuona kuti vagadziri vepurasitiki vanotakura mutoro wakawanda wemarara epurasitiki. Pakutanga mwedzi uno, ndakasangana naMat Prindiville wekuUpstream (upstreampolicy.org), sangano rinongotarisa izvo- chokwadi kune nzira dzekugadzirisa kurongedza uye kumwe kushandiswa kwepurasitiki kunoderedza huwandu uye kunatsiridza sarudzo dzekudzokorora kana kushandiswa zvakare.

Sea Urchin ine Plastic Fork, Kay Wilson/Indigo Dive Academy St.Vincent neGrenadines

Mumwe nemumwe wedu anogona kushanda kudzikamisa mashandisiro edu ekushandisa mapurasitiki ega, izvo zvisiri zvitsva sezano. Panguva imwecheteyo, ndinoziva kuti isu tose tinofanira kuchengetedza tsika yekuunza mabhegi edu anoshandiswa zvakare kuchitoro, tichiunza mabhodhoro edu emvura anogadziriswa kwose kwose (kunyange mafirimu), uye tichiyeuka kukumbira pasina mashanga patinorayira zvinwiwa zvedu. Tiri kushanda kubvunza maresitorendi edu atinoda kuti vangachinja here kuti “vakumbire mashanga” ako pane kuzviita otomatiki. Vanogona kuchengetedza imwe mari, zvakare. 

Tinofanira kupinza— tichibatsira kuchengeta marara epurasitiki paanofanira uye nokuabvisa paasiri— mumigwagwa, mapombi, nemapaki. Kuchenesa nharaunda mikana mikuru uye ndinoziva kuti ndinogona kuita zvakawanda mazuva ese. Join me.

Dzidza zvakawanda nezvepurasitiki yegungwa uye zvaungaita kuti uzvidzivirire.