INzululwazi yaseLwandle iyinyani (Inxalenye yokuQala yesiBini)

Kwi-yam ukuvula ibhlog ka-2021, ndabeka uluhlu lwemisebenzi yolondolozo lolwandle ngo-2021. Olo luhlu lwaqala ngokubandakanya wonke umntu ngokulinganayo. Ewe, yinjongo yawo wonke umsebenzi wethu ngalo lonke ixesha, kwaye ibiyingqwalasela yebhlog yam yokuqala yonyaka. Into yesibini igxile kwingcamango yokuba "inzululwazi yaselwandle iyinyani." Le yeyokuqala kwiblogi enamacandelo amabini ngalo mbandela.

Inzululwazi yaselwandle iyinyani, kwaye kufuneka siyixhase ngesenzo. Oko kuthetha ukuqeqesha oososayensi abatsha, okwenza ukuba izazinzulu zithathe inxaxheba kwisayensi kunye nolunye ulwazi lokwabelana ngolwazi kungakhathaliseki ukuba bahlala phi kwaye basebenza phi, kunye nokusebenzisa idatha kunye nezigqibo ukwazisa imigaqo-nkqubo ekhusela kwaye ixhasa yonke into ephilayo yolwandle.

Ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ndiye ndadliwano-ndlebe ngu-4^th intombazana ekwibanga leVenable Village Elementary School eKilleen, eTexas kwiprojekthi yeklasi. Wayekhethe elona rhamncwa lincinci emhlabeni njengesilwanyana saselwandle aza kugxila kuso kwiprojekthi yakhe. I-vaquita ilinganiselwe kuluhlu ukuya kwindawo encinci ye-Gulf yaseCalifornia kumanzi aseMexico. Kwakunzima ukuthetha nomfundi onehlombe nozilungiselele kakuhle ngolo hlobo ngobunzima babemi basevaquita—akufane kwenzeke ukuba abe sele eshiyekile xa efika kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo. Kwaye njengoko ndamxelela, oko kuyayophula intliziyo yam.

Kwangaxeshanye, loo ncoko kunye nabanye endibenabo nabafundi abancinci kwezi nyanga zimbini zidlulileyo bandikhuthaza njengoko bahlala benawo kulo lonke ixesha lomsebenzi wam. Aba bancinci bahamba phambili ekufundeni ngezilwanyana zaselwandle, ngokufuthi ukujonga kwabo okokuqala kwisayensi yaselwandle. Abafundi abadala bajonge iindlela zokuqhubeka nokusukela umdla wabo kwisayensi yolwandle njengoko begqibezela imfundo yabo yasekholejini kwaye besiya kwimisebenzi yabo yokuqala. Oososayensi abancinci abaqeqeshiweyo banomdla wokongeza izakhono ezitsha kuluhlu lwabo lwezixhobo zokuqonda amanzi olwandle asekhaya. 

Apha kwi-Ocean Foundation, besisebenzela ukuhambisa eyona nzululwazi ibalaseleyo egameni lolwandle ukusukela oko sasekwayo. Siye sanceda ukuseka iilebhu zaselwandle kwiindawo ezikude, kuquka iLaguna San Ignacio kunye neSanta Rosalia, eBaja California Sur, nakwisiqithi saseVieques ePuerto Rico, ukugcwalisa izikhewu ezibalulekileyo zolwazi. EMexico, umsebenzi ugxile kwiminenga nesquid nezinye iintlobo zezilwanyana ezifudukayo. E-Vieques, yayikwi-toxicology yolwandle.

Phantse amashumi amabini eminyaka, sisebenze namaziko aselwandle kumazwe angaphezu kweshumi elinesibini, kuquka iCuba neMauritius. Kwaye kwinyanga ephelileyo, kwinkomfa yokuqala ye-TOF, seva kwizazinzulu kunye nabafundisi kwihlabathi liphela abadibanisa amachaphaza egameni lolwandle olusempilweni kunye neenzululwazi zolondolozo lwaselwandle zexesha elizayo.  

Izazinzulu zaselwandle kudala zisazi ukuba amarhamncwa aselwandle adlala indima ebalulekileyo kulungelelwaniso lweenkqubo zendalo. Abathetheleli bakaShaka bamazwe ngamazwe yasekwa nguGqr. Sonja Fordham ngo-2010 ukuba bobabini batsalele ingqalelo kwingxaki yookrebe kunye nokuchonga umgaqo-nkqubo kunye nemilinganiselo yokulawula enokuphucula amathuba abo okuphila. Ekuqaleni kukaFebruwari, uGqr. Fordham wadliwano-ndlebe kumajelo osasazo ahlukeneyo njengombhali-mbhali wephepha elitsha eliphononongwe ngoontanga malunga nobume bookrebe kwihlabathi liphela, elapapashwa ngo. indalo. UGqr. Fordham naye wabhala incwadi ingxelo entsha malunga nesimo esilusizi se-sawfish, enye yeentlobo ezininzi zolwandle eziqondwa kancinci. 

“Ngenxa yamashumi eminyaka yokwandisa ngokuthe ngcembe ingqalelo kwi-sawfish evela kwizazinzulu nakubalondolozi bendalo, ukuqonda noxabiso lukawonke-wonke kuyakhula. Kwiindawo ezininzi kakhulu, nangona kunjalo, siphelelwa lixesha lokuzisindisa,” utshilo kudliwano-ndlebe lwakutsha nje, “Ngezixhobo ezitsha zenzululwazi kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo, amathuba okuguqula umsinga we-sawfish angcono kunangaphambili kodwa ayadlula. Siye sagxininisa izenzo ezinokubuyisela ezi zilwanyana zingaqhelekanga ukusuka elunxwemeni. Sifuna kuphela oorhulumente ukuba banyuse isantya, ngaphambi kokuba kube kudala. ”

Uluntu lwe-Ocean Foundation lukwabamba Abahlobo beHavenworth Coastal Conservation, umbutho okhokelwa nguTonya Wiley naye ozinikele ngokunzulu kulondolozo lwe-sawfish, ngakumbi i-Florida sawfish ekhethekileyo etyhutyha amanzi eGulf of Mexico. NjengoGqirha Fordham, uNksz Wiley wenza unxibelelwano phakathi kwenzululwazi esiyidingayo ukuze siqonde umjikelo wobomi bezilwanyana zaselwandle, isayensi esiyidingayo ukuze siqonde isimo sazo endle, kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo esiyidingayo ukubuyisela ubuninzi-nokuba zikwafuna ukufundisa izazinzulu, abaqulunqi bemigaqo noluntu ngokubanzi ngezi zidalwa zibalaseleyo.

Ezinye iiprojekthi ezifana Iilwandle ezisixhenxe zeMedia kwaye Usuku lweLwandlekazi lweHlabathi zama ukunceda ukwenza inzululwazi yaselwandle icace kwaye inyanzelise, kwaye idibanise nesenzo somntu ngamnye. 

KwiNkomfa yokuQala, uFrances Kinney Lang wathetha Izihlanganisi zoLwandle inkqubo awayisungulayo ukunceda abafundi abancinci baqhagamshela elwandle. Namhlanje, iqela lakhe liqhuba iinkqubo ezidibanisa abafundi baseNayarit, eMexico nabafundi baseSan Diego, eCalifornia, eMelika. Bebonke, bafunda ngeentlobo zezilwanyana ezifanayo ngokufuduka—kwaye ngaloo ndlela bakuqonda ngakumbi ukuthungelana kolwandle. Abafundi bakhe badla ngokuba nemfundo encinci malunga noLwandlekazi lwePasifiki kunye nemimangaliso yalo nangona behlala ngaphantsi kweekhilomitha ezingama-50 ukusuka elunxwemeni lwayo. Ithemba lakhe kukunceda aba bafundi bahlale bebandakanyeka kwisayensi yaselwandle ubomi babo bonke. Nokuba abaqhubeki bonke kwisayensi yolwandle, ngamnye kwaba bathathi-nxaxheba baya kuthwala ukuqonda okukhethekileyo kobudlelwane babo nolwandle kuyo yonke iminyaka yabo yokusebenza.

Enoba kukutshintsha kobushushu bolwandle, imichiza nobunzulu, okanye eminye imiphumo yezinto ezenziwa ngabantu kulwandlekazi nakubomi obungaphakathi, kufuneka senze konke esinako ukuze siqonde izidalwa eziselwandle noko sinokukwenza ukuxhasa ubutyebi obulungeleleneyo. Inzululwazi ixhasa loo njongo kunye nezenzo zethu.