Winter Surf

Inotevera ibhurogi revaenzi rakanyorwa naCatharine Cooper, TOF Board yeAdvisor Member. Kuti uverenge yakazara bio yaCatharine, shanya yedu Board of Advisor's peji.

Winter surf.
Dawn Patrol.
Kupisa kwemhepo - 48 °. Tembiricha yegungwa - 56 °.

Ndinokurumidza kupinda muweti yangu, mweya unotonhora unopedza kudziya kubva mumuviri wangu. Ini ndinodhonza mabhutu, ndodzikisa mawetsuit bottoms pamusoro petsoka dzangu dzakavharwa neoprene, ndowedzera wakisi kubhodhi rangu refu, ndogara kuti ndiongorore kuzvimba. Iyo peak yakashanduka sei uye kupi. Nguva iri pakati pemaseti. Iyo paddle out zone. Mafungu, mvura inoyerera, kwainoenda nemhepo. Mangwanani ano, ichando kumadokero.

Vafambi vanonyatsoteerera gungwa. Imba yavo iri kure nenyika, uye kazhinji inonzwa yakadzikama kupfuura dzimwe nzvimbo. Pane Zen yekubatanidzwa nesaisai, simba remvura rinosundwa nemhepo, rakafamba mazana emamaira kusvika kumahombekombe. Bumpu rinoputika, chiso chinopenya, kupuruzira kunorova reef kana kudzika uye kukwira kumusoro nekumberi sesimba rinorovera rezvisikwa.

Ndichitarisa zvakanyanya sechisimbiso kupfuura munhu, ndinonyatso fambisa nzira yangu pamusoro pemusuwo une dombo wepamba pangu, San Onofre. Chitsama chevafambisi vechikepe chakandirova kusvika padanho, apo masaisai anotsemukira kuruboshwe nekurudyi. Ndinopinda mumvura inotonhora, ndichirega kutonhora kuchidzika kumusana wangu sezvandinonyura mumvura ine munyu. Kunanzva kunorwadza parurimi rwangu ndichinanzva madonhwe kubva pamuromo. Inonaka semumba. Ndinoumburuka pabhodhi rangu ndokukwasva ndakananga kuzororo, uku shure kwangu, denga rinoungana pacharo mumabhande epingi sezvo zuva rinonyura zvishoma nezvishoma pamusoro peMakomo eSanta Margarita.

Mvura yacho yakachena uye ndinoona matombo nemibhedha pazasi pangu. Hove shoma. Hapana kana shark inovanda mune iyi rookery yavo. Ini ndinoedza kufuratira arikuuya mareactor eSan Onofre Nuclear Power Plant ishe pamusoro pejecha regungwa. Iwo maviri 'mazamu,' sekudaidzwa kwaanoitwa nerudo, zvino akavharwa uye ari mukudzingwa basa, anomira sechiyeuchidzo chakasimba chenjodzi dzinogara dziripo dzenzvimbo iyi yekusevha.

Mwedzi mishomanana yapfuura, hwamanda yambiro yechimbichimbi yakarira inoramba ichirira kwemaminitsi gumi nemashanu, pasina shoko ravanhu vose rokuderedza kutya kwaavo vedu tiri mumvura. Pakupedzisira, takasarudza, chii heck? Kana iyi yaive tsaona yekunyungudika kana kuti radioactive, isu taive tatoenda, saka wadii kungonakidzwa nemafungu emangwanani. Pakupedzisira takawana meseji "yebvunzo", asi isu takanga tatozvikanda pasi kuti tiite.

Tinoziva kuti gungwa riri mudambudziko. Zvakaoma kuvhura peji pasina mumwe mufananidzo wemarara, epurasitiki, kana mafuta achangobuda achizadza mahombekombe uye zvitsuwa zvese. Nzara yedu yesimba, zvose zvenyukireya neizvo zvinobva mumafuta ezvicherwa, zvakapfuura nepo patinogona kufuratira kukuvadza kwatiri kukonzera. "Tipping point." Zvakaoma kumedza mazwi iwayo sezvatinonyura pamucheto wekuchinja pasina mukana wekupora.

Ndisu. Isu vanhu. Pasina kuvapo kwedu, gungwa raizoramba richishanda sezvaraiita kwezviuru zvemakore. Upenyu hwemugungwa hwaizopararira. Uriri hwegungwa hwaikwira nokudonha. Cheni yomusikirwo yemanyuko ezvokudya yaizopfuurira kuzvitsigira imene. Kelp nemakorari zvaizobudirira.

Gungwa rakatichengeta - hongu, rakatichengeta - kuburikidza nekuramba kwedu tichishandisa zviwanikwa uye nemigumisiro inotevera. Kunyange isu tanga tichipisa nemafuta efossil, tichiwedzera huwandu hwekabhoni mumhepo yedu isina kusimba uye yakasarudzika, gungwa rave richitora chinyararire zvakawandisa sezvinobvira. Zvakaguma nei? Chinhu chidiki chakashata chinonzi Ocean Acidification (OA).

Uku kudzikiswa kwepH yemvura kunoitika apo carbon dioxide, inotorwa kubva mumhepo, inosanganiswa nemvura yemugungwa. Inoshandura kemikari uye inoderedza kuwanda kwekabhoni ion, zvichiita kuti zvinyanye kuoma kuverengera zvipenyu zvakaita seoyster, clams, urchins yegungwa, mvura isina kudzika makorari, yakadzika sea corals, uye calcareous plankton kuvaka nekuchengetedza makungu. Humwe kugona kwehove kuona zvikara kunodzikirawo mukuwedzera acidity, zvichiisa webhu yese yechikafu panjodzi.

Ongororo ichangoburwa yakawana kuti mvura dzemuCalifornia dziri kuita acidify zvakapetwa kaviri sekunge kune imwe nzvimbo pasirese, ichityisidzira hove dzakakosha pamhenderekedzo yedu. Mvura yemugungwa pano inowanzotenderedza mvura inotonhora, yakawanda ine acid kubva pakadzika mugungwa kusvika pamusoro, maitiro anozivikanwa seupwelling. Nekuda kweizvozvo, mvura dzeCalifornia dzaive dzatowedzera asidhi kupfuura dzimwe nzvimbo zhinji dzemunyanza pamberi pe spike muOA. Ndikatarisa pasi nehove nehove diki, handisi kuona shanduko mumvura, asi tsvakiridzo inoramba ichiratidza kuti zvandisiri kuona zviri kukanganisa hupenyu hwegungwa.

Vhiki rino, NOAA yakaburitsa chirevo chinoratidza kuti OA yave kukanganisa zvakanyanya magomba uye nhengo dzekunzwa dzeDungeness Crab. Iyi crustacean yakakosha ndeimwe yekubata hove kwakakosha kuWest Coast, uye kufa kwayo kwaizounza mhirizhonga yemari mukati meindasitiri. Nechekare, maoyster mapurazi ari mudunhu reWashington, aifanira kugadzirisa mbeu yemibhedha yavo kudzivirira kuwanda kwe CO2.

OA, yakasanganiswa nekukwira kwetembiricha yemugungwa nekuda kwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, inomutsa mibvunzo chaiyo yekuti hupenyu hwemugungwa huchafamba sei nekufamba kwenguva. Hupfumi hwakawanda hunotsamira pahove nehove, uye kune vanhu pasi rose vanovimba nechikafu chinobva mugungwa sechinhu chikuru cheprotein.

Ndinoshuva kuti dai ndaigona kufuratira chokwadi, uye kunyepedzera kuti iri gungwa rakanaka mandiri ndakagara rakakwana 100%, asi ndinoziva kuti hachisi chokwadi. Ndinoziva kuti tinofanira pamwechete kuunganidza zviwanikwa zvedu nesimba rekudzikamisa kudzikisira kwatakaita. Zviri kwatiri kuti tichinje maitiro edu. Zviri kwatiri kuti tide kuti vamiriri vedu nehurumende yedu vatarisane nekutyisidzirwa, uye titore matanho pamwero mukuru kudzikisa kuburitsa kabhoni uye kumisa kuparadza eco-system inotsigira isu tese.  

Ndinokwasva kuti ndibate masaisai, kusimuka, uye kukona pachiso chinotsemuka. Yakanaka zvekuti moyo wangu unoita kakufenda. Kumusoro kwakajeka, kwakachena, kwakachena. Ini handisi kuona OA, asi ini handikwanise kuifuratira zvakare. Hapana mumwe wedu anogona kukwanisa kunyepedzera kunge hazvisi kuitika. Hakuna imwe gungwa.