Blog revaenzi rakanyorwa naSteve Paton, Director weHofisi yeBioinformatics paSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute akapinda muThe Ocean Foundation's Ocean Acidification Monitoring Workshop muPanama.


Munyika yakarongerwa shanduko yemamiriro ekunze, kana usiri kuiongorora, hauzoziva kuti chitima chiri kuuya kusvika chakubata…

Semutungamiriri weSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute's (STRI) Physical Monitoring Program, ibasa rangu kupa vashandi veSTRI vesainzi, pamwe nezviuru zvevaongorori nevadzidzi vanoshanyira, nedata rekuongorora kwezvakatipoteredza ravanoda kuti vaite basa ravo. research. Kune vanoongorora zvemugungwa, izvi zvinoreva kuti ini ndinofanira kukwanisa kuratidza kemisitiri yegungwa remvura yemahombekombe ePanama. Pakati pezvakasiyana zvakawanda zvatinotarisa, acidity yegungwa inomira pachena nekuda kwekukosha kwayo; kwete chete nekuda kwekukosha kwayo kwekukurumidza kune dzakasiyana siyana dzebiology masisitimu, asiwo nemabatirwo ainotarisirwa kukanganiswa nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze pasi rose.

Tisati tadzidziswa neThe Ocean Foundation, taiziva zvishoma nezvekuyera acidification yegungwa. Kufanana nevakawanda, isu takatenda kuti neine yakanaka sensor yekuyera pH, isu takanga tine nyaya yakavharwa.

Sezvineiwo, kudzidziswa kwatakagamuchira kwakatibvumira kunzwisisa kuti pH chete haina kukwana, uye iko iko iko kwataive tichiyera pH kwakaringana. Isu takanga takarongerwa kutora chikamu muchikamu chekudzidziswa chakapihwa muColombia muna Ndira 2019. Sezvineiwo, zviitiko zvakaita kuti zvitadze kupinda. Tinotenda zvikuru kuti The Ocean Foundation yakakwanisa kuronga musangano wakakosha wekudzidzisa isu muPanama. Izvi hazvina kungoita kuti chirongwa changu chigamuchire kudzidziswa kwataida, asi zvakare zvakabvumira vamwe vadzidzi, nyanzvi, uye vaongorori mukana wekupinda.

Vatori vechikamu muwekishopu vachidzidza matorerwo emvura muPanama.
Vatori vechikamu mumusangano vachidzidza matorerwo emvura. Mufananidzo Credit: Steve Paton

Zuva rekutanga remazuva mashanu kosi yakapa inodiwa yetioretical kumashure mugungwa acidification chemistry. Zuva rechipiri rakatisuma kumidziyo uye nzira. Mazuva matatu ekupedzisira ekosi akagadzirirwa chaizvo kupa nhengo dzePhysical Monitoring Chirongwa chakasimba, maoko-pane ruzivo nezvese ruzivo rwakafukidzwa kubva pakuenzanisa, sampling, zviyero mumunda uye murabhoritari, pamwe nekutonga kwedata. Takapiwa mukana wekudzokorora nhanho dzakaomesesa uye dzakaomarara dzesampling uye zviyero kakawanda kusvika tave nechivimbo chekuti taigona kutakura zvese isu tega.

Chakanyanya kundishamisa pamusoro pekudzidziswa kwaive dhigirii rekusaziva kwedu nezvekutarisa acidification yegungwa. Pane zvakawanda zvataisaziva zvataisaziva. Ndinovimba, isu tinoziva zvakakwana kuti tikwanise kuyera chiitiko nemazvo. Isu tava kuzivawo kwatingawana kwatingawana mashoko uye vanhu vanogona kutibatsira kuti tive nechokwadi chokuti tiri kuita zvinhu nemazvo uye kuti tivandudze mune ramangwana.

Vatori vemusangano vari kukurukura nezvekutarisisa kwegungwa acidification muPanama.
Vatori vemusangano vari kukurukura nezvekutarisisa kwegungwa acidification muPanama. Mufananidzo Credit: Steve Paton

Chekupedzisira, zvakare zvakaoma kutaura zvakakwana rutendo rwedu kuThe Ocean Foundation nevarongi vedzidziso nevarairidzi pachavo. Kosi yacho yakanga yakarongeka uye yakaitwa. Varongi nevarairidzi vaiva neruzivo uye vane ushamwari zvikuru. Kuedza kwese kwakaitwa kugadzirisa zvirimo uye kurongeka kwekudzidziswa kuti zvienderane nezvatinoda.

Hazvigoneke kuwedzeredza kukosha kwekupihwa kwemidziyo uye kudzidziswa kunopihwa neThe Ocean Foundation. STRI ndiro rega sangano muPanama rinoita zvemhando yepamusoro, kwenguva refu yegungwa chemistry yekutarisa. Kusvika ikozvino, yegungwa acidification yekutarisa yaingoitwa panzvimbo imwe chete muAtlantic Ocean. Isu tave kukwanisa kuita kutarisisa kumwe chete munzvimbo dzakawanda muAtlantic nePacific Oceans yePanama. Izvi zvichave zvakakosha kune vese vesainzi nharaunda, pamwe nerudzi rwePanama.


Kuti udzidze zvakawanda nezve yedu Ocean Acidification Initiative (IOAI), shanya yedu IOAI Initiative Peji.