Ukusuka kwiworkshop kaRembrandt ukuya kwiiCorals zoLwandle oluNzulu

Ukugubungela iSimpoziyam ye-5 ye-International Deep Sea Coral, e-Amsterdam

I-Atelier kaRembrandt eAmsterdam

I-AMSTERDAM, NL, ngo-Epreli 2, 2012 – Kumgangatho ophezulu weNdlu yaseRembrandt, apho igcisa lenkulungwane ye-17 lalihlala khona, kukho i-master’s atelier, egcwele ialcove edumileyo ekhunjulwayo kweminye yemisebenzi yakhe edumileyo.

Ecaleni kwe-atelier kukho igumbi le-artifact, apho oosomashishini baseAmsterdam baphumelele ngokwaneleyo ukuba bathumele umzobo ovela kwinkosi babenokukhetha kwaye bakhethe phakathi kwezinto ezahlukeneyo abanqwenela ukuba zifakwe kumfanekiso wabo. Ukhetho lwabo lwaluya kubonisa indlela ababenqwenela ukujongwa ngayo zizizukulwana ezizayo.

IiCorals eziboniswe kwiRembrandt's Atelier, eAmsterdam

Ubuninzi phakathi kwezinto ezikhoyo kukho iintlobo zeentlobo ze-coral ezomileyo ezifana nabalandeli bolwandle. Abanini beenqanawa banokukhetha ezi njengemiqondiso yolwazi lwabo lwezezimali lwehlabathi. Kuphela ngoosomashishini ababukhali abakwaziyo ukuququzelela uhambo lokuya kumazwe angaqhelekanga e-Indies, eMpuma okanye eNtshona, awayeza kuqokelela aze abuye neesampuli zezinto ezingaqhelekanga zendalo ezifunyenwe apho.

Eli xesha lokuqala lokuthunyelwa kweenqanawa ehlabathini lonke lisenokuphawula ukuqala kokuphela kwenkqubo yesijikelezi-langa sethu solwandle lwekorale. Abaphathi beenqanawa bazimisele ukuphonononga “iiLwandle eziSixhenxe” mhlawumbi balima phezu kweengqaqa, bazitshabalalisa bengaqondanga, okanye bakrazula imizekelo kuzo ukwenzela izazi ngendalo emva eYurophu.

Ngoko ke mhlawumbi kufanelekile ukuba kule veki inkomfa yehlabathi yesihlanu malunga nenzululwazi yamanzi abandayo okanye i-coral yamanzi anzulu (I-Symposium yamazwe ngamazwe kwi-Deep-Sea Corals) ibanjelwe apha, kwisixeko esisingathe imisebenzi yokuqala yokuthengisa ngenqanawa yehlabathi.

Kule veki izazinzulu ezingaphezu kwama-200 ezifunda into emangalisayo yeekorale zamanzi abandayo - iikorale ezinokuphila kumanzi abandayo angakonwabeliyo ukukhanya kwelanga - bahlanganisene ukuze baxoxe ngeziphumo zabo zamva nje. Iingxoxo ziya kusuka kwi-taxonomy kunye ne-genetics ukuya kwizinto ezifunyenwe mva nje zeendawo ezibalulekileyo ze-coral zamanzi abandayo kwiindawo ezintle ezimangalisayo - nje ngaphandle konxweme olusemazantsi-mpuma e-United States okanye kwiindawo ezijikeleze i-Florida Keys.

Uninzi lophando oluthiwe thaca apha kweli qonga liza kubonelela ngesiseko senzululwazi kumgaqo-nkqubo wehlabathi wexesha elizayo kwaye luya kumisela ukuba iMimandla yaseLwandle eKhuselweyo iya kubhengezwa phi ehlabathini.

Iintetho ziya kuvela ekufumaneni iikorale zamanzi abandayo kuLwandle oluBomvu olugxininiswe ngokusingqongileyo olwahlula i-Afrika kwi-Saudi Arabia ukuya kwisifundo se-paleontology ye-coral mounds yamanzi abandayo eDenmark.

Ingqungquthela yenkomfa inokuba yingxoxo yasekuseni yangoLwesithathu yokuphazamiseka kwe-anthropogenic kunye nempilo ye-ikholoji yezi nkqubo zakudala. Ezinye zezi nkqubo ziye zakhula ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-10,000, ukususela ngaphambi kwexesha lokufama kwabantu.

Nangona kunjalo, imisebenzi yabantu yanamhlanje efana nokugrumba i-oyile nerhasi okanye ukulobela iintlanzi inokuba iyaphelisa okanye icothisa imveliso yazo.

Ngentsasa yangoLwesithathu, uGregory S. Boland weSebe lase-US loLawulo lwaMandla e-Ocean ucwangciselwe ukunika inqaku eliphambili elinomxholo othi “Iikorali zoLwandle Olunzulu kunye noShishino lwe-Oli neGesi kwiNyoba yaseMexico.” Intetho kaBoland iya kulandelwa ziingxoxo ezisuka koosonzululwazi abaphonononge iziphumo zokuchitheka kwe-Deepwater Horizon kwiGulf of Mexico's coral-water coral systems.

NgoLwesihlanu emva kwemini, inkomfa iya kuqukunjelwa ngummeli wenkampani yamandla iStatoil, umxhasi wengqungquthela.