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Global Ocean Observing Network (GOAON) e nang le dibaka tse hakanyetswang tsa 'ApHRICA', e leng morero wa teko wa ho romela disensara tsa pH ya lewatleng Afrika Borwa, Mozambique, Seychelles le Mauritius lekgetlo la pele. Morero ona ke ts'ebelisano ea sechaba le ea poraefete ho tlatsa likheo bakeng sa lipatlisiso tsa asiti ea maoatle Afrika Bochabela e kenyeletsang Lefapha la Naha la US, Ocean Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, le XPRIZE Foundation le litsi tse fapaneng tsa lipatlisiso.

Bekeng ena e thakhola thuto ea bohlokoahali le morero oa teko oa ho kenya lisensara tsa leoatle tse ntseng li tsoela pele Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles le Afrika Boroa ho ithuta ka lekhetlo la pele ka acidization ea leoatle Afrika Bochabela. Morero o hlile o bitsoa “OceAn pH Re tsoetseng pele lapeng tshireletso Ikopanyo le Ctšebelisano ka Africa - AphHRICA". Libui tsa workshop li kenyelletsa Lenģosa la Mahlale la White House bakeng sa Leoatle, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, dr. Roshan Ramessur Univesithing ea Mauritius, le barupeli ba lisebelisoa tsa leoatle le bo-rasaense Dr. Andrew Dickson oa UCSD, Ngaka Sam Dupont oa Univesithi ea Gothenburg, le James Beck, CEO oa Sunburst Sensors.

AphHRICA e se e le lilemo ho etsoa, ​​​​ho qala ka ho nts'etsapele lisebelisoa tsa sensor ea pH ea leoatle, ho kenyelletsa litsebi tse etellang pele le ho bokella chelete ho kopanya batho ba chesehang le mahlale a macha ho nka khato le ho tlatsa likheo tse hlokahalang haholo tsa data ea leoatle. Ka Phupu e fetileng, XPRIZE e fuoeng $ 2 milione Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, tlholisano ea meputso bakeng sa ho nts'etsapele lisensara tsa pH tsa leoatle ho ntlafatsa kutloisiso ea acidification ea leoatle. Selemo hamorao, sehlopha se hapileng Sunburst Sensors, k'hamphani e nyane ea Missoula, Montana, e fana ka sensor ea bona ea 'iSAMI' ea pH ea leoatle bakeng sa morero ona. The iSAMI e khethiloe ka lebaka la ho khoneha, ho nepahala le ho sebelisoa habonolo. 

"Sunburst Sensors ka bobeli e motlotlo ebile e thabetse ho sebetsa boitekong bona ba ho holisa leihlo la asiti ea maoatle ho linaha tsa Afrika mme qetellong re ts'epa lefats'e ka bophara."

James Beck, CEO oa Li-sensor tsa Sunburst

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James Beck, CEO oa Sunburst Sensors ea nang le iSAMI (ka ho le letona) le tSAMI (ka ho le letšehali), li-sensor tse peli tse hapileng tsa pH tsa $ 2 milione ea Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE. ISAMI ke sensara sa pH ya lewatleng e bonolo ho e sebedisa, e nepahetseng ebile e theko e tlase, e tla romelwa ApHRICA.

Leoatle la Indian ke sebaka se loketseng morero ona oa teko eseng feela hobane esale e le sephiri se tsebahalang ho litsebi tsa maoatle, empa hape le ho beha leihlo maemo a maoatle nako e telele ho haella libakeng tse ngata tsa Afrika Bochabela. AphHRICA e tla matlafatsa botsitso ba lichaba tse lebōpong la leoatle, e ntlafatse tšebelisano-'moho ea maoatle sebakeng seo, 'me e kenye letsoho haholo ho Global Ocean Observing Network (GOAON) ho ntlafatsa kutloisiso le karabelo ho acidization ea leoatle. 

“Mehloli ea lijo tsa sechaba e sokeloa ke ho tlala asiti ea leoatleng. Thupelo ena ke mohato o mahlonoko oa ho eketsa ts'ebetso bakeng sa marang-rang a rona ho bolela esale pele ka asiti ea maoatle, haholo-holo sebakeng se kang Afrika Bochabela se itšetlehileng haholo ka mehloli ea leoatle, empa hajoale e se nang bokhoni ba ho lekanya boemo le tsoelo-pele ea asiti ea maoatle sebakeng se bulehileng. maoatle, maoatle a lebopo le libaka tsa maoatle.”

Mark J. Spalding, Mopresidente oa The Ocean Foundation, le molekane oa bohlokoa mosebetsing ona 

Letsatsi le leng le le leng, likhase tse tsoang likoloing, lifofaneng le lifemeng tsa motlakase li eketsa limilione tsa lithane tsa carbon ka leoatleng. Ka lebaka leo, acidity ea leoatle e eketsehile ka 30% ho tloha ka Phetohelo ea Liindasteri. Sekhahla sa acidization ena ea leoatle e bakiloeng ke motho e kanna ea se ke ea bapisoa le nalane ea Lefatše. Liphetoho tse potlakileng tsa asiti ea leoatle li baka 'Osteoporosis of the Sea', e ntseng e tsoela pele ho senya bophelo ba metsing joaloka plankton, li-oysters, 'me likorale tse etsang likhetla kapa marapo ka calcium carbonate.

"Ena ke projeke e thabisang ho rona hobane e tla re lumella ho aha bokhoni linaheng tsa rona bakeng sa ho beha leihlo le ho utloisisa ho eketseha ha asiti ea maoatle. Li-sensor tse ncha li tla re lumella ho kenya letsoho marang-rang a lefats'e; ntho eo re sa kang ra khona ho e etsa pele. Sena se makatsa hobane bokhoni ba tikoloho ba ho ithuta bothata bona ke motheo oa ho netefatsa bokamoso ba rona ba polokeho ea lijo. ”

Dr. Roshan Ramessur, Motlatsi oa Moprofesa oa Chemistry Univesithing ea Mauritius, ea ikarabellang bakeng sa ho hokahanya thupelo ea thupelo.

Rea tseba hore acidification ea leoatle ke tšokelo ho mefuta-futa ea lintho tse phelang leoatleng, metse e lebōpong la leoatle le moruo oa lefats'e, empa re ntse re hloka tlhahisoleseding ea bohlokoa mabapi le liphetoho tsena tsa k'hemistri ea leoatle ho kenyeletsa hore na li etsahala hokae, ho isa bohōleng bofe le liphello tsa eona. Re hloka ho phahamisa ka potlako lipatlisiso tsa asiti ea maoatle linaheng le libaka tse ngata ho pota lefatše ho tloha Coral Triangle ho ea Latin America ho ea Arctic. Nako ea ho nka khato ka acidification ea leoatle ke hona joale, le AphHRICA e tla khantša tlhase e etsang hore lipatlisiso tsena tsa bohlokoa li hōle ka sekhahla. 


Tobetsa mona ho bala phatlalatso ea litaba ea Lefapha la Naha la US ho ApHRICA.