Ukulinganisa i-Acidification yoLwandle ePanama

Iblogi yeendwendwe ebhalwe nguSteve Paton, uMlawuli weOfisi yeBioinformatics kwiSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute othathe inxaxheba kucweyo lweOcean Foundation's Ocean Acidification Monitoring Workshop ePanama.

Kwilizwe elimiselwe ukutshintsha kwemozulu, ukuba awulijongi, awuzukwazi ukuba uloliwe uyeza ade akubethe…

Njengomlawuli weSmithsonian Tropical Research Institute's (STRI) Physical Monitoring Programme, luxanduva lwam ukubonelela ngezazinzulu zabasebenzi be-STRI, kunye namawakawaka abaphandi nabafundi abandwendwelayo, ngedatha yokubeka iliso kokusingqongileyo abayidingayo ukuze bafezekise umsebenzi wabo. uphando. Kubaphandi baselwandle, oku kuthetha ukuba kufuneka ndikwazi ukubonisa i-oceanographic chemistry yamanzi aselunxwemeni lwasePanama. Phakathi kwezinto ezininzi esizijongayo, iasidi yolwandle ibalasele ngokubaluleka kwayo; hayi nje ngokubaluleka kwayo okukhawulezileyo kuluhlu olubanzi lweenkqubo zebhayoloji, kodwa nangendlela ekulindeleke ukuba ichatshazelwe ngayo lutshintsho lwemozulu yehlabathi.

Phambi koqeqesho olubonelelwa yi-Ocean Foundation, besisazi kancinci malunga nokulinganisa iasidi yolwandle. Njengoninzi, sasikholelwa ukuba ngesivamvo esilungileyo sokulinganisa i-pH, siwuhoye umcimbi.

Ngethamsanqa, uqeqesho esilufumeneyo lwasivumela ukuba siqonde ukuba i-pH iyodwa ayanelanga, okanye ukuchaneka kokuba silinganisa i-pH kulungile ngokwaneleyo. Ekuqaleni sasicwangciselwe ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiseshoni yoqeqesho enikezelwa eColombia ngoJanuwari 2019. Ngelishwa, iziganeko zenza kube nzima ukuya. Sinombulelo omkhulu kuba i-Ocean Foundation ikwazile ukuququzelela iseshoni yoqeqesho olulodwa esenzela thina ePanama. Oku akuzange kuvumele inkqubo yam ukuba ifumane uqeqesho ebesilufuna kuphela, kodwa kwavumela abafundi abongezelelweyo, amagcisa, kunye nabaphandi ithuba lokuzimasa.

Usuku lokuqala lwekhosi yeentsuku ezi-5 lubonelele ngemvelaphi yethiyori eyimfuneko kwikhemistri ye-asidi yolwandle. Ngosuku lwesibini wasazisa izixhobo kunye neendlela. Iintsuku ezintathu zokugqibela zekhosi ziyilelwe ngokukodwa ukubonelela amalungu eNkqubo yam yokuJonga iPhysical Monitoring ngamandla, amava ngamava ngeenkcukacha zonke ezigutyungelwe ukusuka kuhlengahlengiso, iisampulu, imilinganiselo ebaleni nakwilabhoratri, kunye nolawulo lwedatha. Sinikwe ithuba lokuphinda awona manyathelo anzima kwaye abaluleke kakhulu kwisampulu kunye nemilinganiselo izihlandlo ezininzi de siqinisekile ukuba sinokwenza yonke into ngokwethu.

Eyona nto yandothusa kakhulu ngoqeqesho yayilinqanaba lokungazi kwethu malunga nokubeka iliso kwi-asidi yolwandle. Ininzi into ebesingayaziyo nesingayaziyo. Ngethemba, siyazi ngokwaneleyo ukuba sikwazi ukulinganisa isenzeko ngokuchanekileyo. Kwakhona ngoku siyazi apho sinokuyifumana khona imithombo yenkcazelo nabantu ngabanye abanokusinceda siqiniseke ukuba senza izinto ngendlela efanelekileyo yaye siphucula kwixesha elizayo.

Okokugqibela, kunzima ukuvakalisa umbulelo wethu ngokwaneleyo kwi-The Ocean Foundation kunye nabaququzeleli boqeqesho kunye nabaqeqeshi ngokwabo. Ikhosi yayicwangciswe kakuhle yaza yaqhutywa. Abaququzeleli nabaqeqeshi babenolwazi kwaye benobuhlobo kakhulu. Kwenziwa zonke iinzame zokulungisa umxholo kunye nolungiselelo loqeqesho ukuze luhambelane neemfuno zethu ezithile.

Akunakwenzeka ukugqithisa ukubaluleka kokunikezelwa kwezixhobo kunye noqeqesho olunikezwa yi-Ocean Foundation. I-STRI kuphela kombutho ePanama oqhuba umgangatho ophezulu, wokubeka iliso kwikhemistri yolwandle ixesha elide. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ukujongwa kweasidi yolwandle kwenziwe kuphela kwindawo enye kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki. Ngoku siyakwazi ukwenza uhlolo olufanayo kwiindawo ezininzi kuzo zombini iAtlantiki kunye noLwandlekazi lwePasifiki ePanama. Oku kuya kubaluleka kakhulu kuluntu lwesayensi, kunye nesizwe sasePanama.

Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi nge-Ocean Acidification Initiative (IOAI), ndwendwela yethu Iphepha lenyathelo le-IOAI.