Ukujongwa ngasemva kwiNtlanganiso yeSayensi yoLwandle ngo-2022

I-COVID-19 ibangele imiceli mngeni engazange ibonwe kwihlabathi liphela. Inzululwazi yolwandle, umzekelo, iye yavela kakhulu ekuphenduleni koku kungaqiniseki. Lo bhubhani uye wamisa okwexeshana iiprojekthi zophando ezisebenzisanayo kwilebhu kunye nonikezelo lwezixhobo zokuhlola ixesha elide ezisasazwe kude nonxweme. Kodwa ukuhamba rhoqo ukuya kwiinkomfa ezinokuthi zifumane imibono eyahlukeneyo kunye nophando lwenoveli luhlala lunzima. 

Kulo nyaka INtlanganiso yeeNzululwazi zoLwandle ngo-2022 (OSM), ebibanjwe malunga ne-24 kaFebruwari ukuya kwi-4 kaMatshi, yayinomxholo othi "Yiza kunye kwaye uQhagamshele". Olu luvo lwalubaluleke ngakumbi kwiSiseko se-Ocean. Ngoku kwiminyaka emibini ukususela ekuqaleni kobhubhane, sasinombulelo kwaye sonwabile ukuba nentaphane yeenkqubo kunye namaqabane abandakanyekayo kwi-OSM 2022. Sikunye sabelane ngenkqubela phambili eyomeleleyo eyenziwe ngenkxaso eqhubekayo, iZoom ifowunela kwihlabathi liphela ephantse yafuneka. kusasa nasebusuku kwabanye, kunye nobudlelwane njengoko sonke sasijongene nobunzima obungalindelekanga. Kuzo zonke iintsuku ezintlanu zeeseshini zesayensi, i-TOF ikhokele okanye ixhase iinkcazo-ntetho ezine ezisuka kweyethu Inyathelo leInternational Ocean Acidification kwaye EquiSea. 

Ezinye iiNzululwazi zoLwandle iNtlanganiso yeMiqobo yoBulungisa

Kumba wolingano, kusaqhubeka kukho indawo yophuculo kwiinkomfa ezibonakalayo ezifana ne-OSM. Ngelixa ubhubhane uqhubele phambili kwizakhono zethu zokunxibelelana ukude kunye nokwabelana ngeenzame zesayensi, ayinguye wonke umntu onenqanaba elifanayo lokufikelela. Imincili yokungena kwindawo ephithizelayo yeziko lenkomfa qho kusasa nasemva kwemini ngexesha lekhefu lekofu kunganceda ukutshayela i-jet lag ecaleni ngexesha lenkomfa yomntu. Kodwa ukuhamba ngeentetho kwangethuba okanye kade ngelixa usebenza ekhaya kubangela imiceli mngeni eyahlukileyo.

Kwinkomfa ebicetyelwe ekuqaleni i-Honolulu, iqala iiseshini zemihla ngemihla nge-4 am HST (okanye nangaphambi koko kwabo banikezelayo okanye abathatha inxaxheba kwiZiqithi zePasifiki) yabonisa ukuba le nkomfa yezizwe ngezizwe ayizange ilugcine olu ngqwalasela lwejografi xa yaqala ukubonakala ngokupheleleyo. Kwixesha elizayo, iindawo zamaxesha zabo bonke ababonisi zinokufakwa xa kucwangciswa iiseshini ezibukhoma ukufumana ezona zithuba zilungileyo ngelixa ugcina ukufikelela kwiintetho ezirekhodiweyo kunye nokongeza kwiimpawu ukuququzelela ingxoxo engahambelaniyo phakathi kwababonisi kunye nababukeli.    

Ukongezelela, iindleko eziphakamileyo zobhaliso ziye zabeka umqobo kwinxaxheba yokwenene yehlabathi. I-OSM iye yabonelela ngesisa ngobhaliso lwasimahla kwabo basuka kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi okanye ephakathi njengoko kuchaziwe yiBhanki yeHlabathi, kodwa ukungabikho kwenkqubo elungelelanisiweyo kwamanye amazwe kuthetha ukuba iingcali ezivela kwilizwe elinengeniso encinci ye-4,096 ye-USD kwi-Gross Net Income. ngomntu ngamnye kuya kufuneka ahlangabezane ne-525 yemali yokubhalisa ilungu. Ngelixa i-TOF yakwazi ukuxhasa amanye amaqabane ayo ukuba aququzelele ukuthatha kwabo inxaxheba, abaphandi ngaphandle koqhagamshelwano kwinkxaso yamazwe ngamazwe okanye ukugcinwa kwenzuzo engenzi nzuzo kufuneka babe nethuba lokujoyina kunye negalelo kwiindawo ezibalulekileyo zenzululwazi ezidalwa ziinkomfa.

pCO yethu₂ ukuya kwiSensor Debut yokuqala

Okonwabisayo kukuba, iNtlanganiso yeeSayensi zaseLwandle ibilixesha lethu lokuqala sibonisa i-pCO yethu entsha enexabiso eliphantsi, ephathwa ngesandla.₂ isivamvo. Lo mhlalutyi mtsha wazalwa ngenxa yomngeni ovela kwiGosa leNkqubo ye-IOAI UAlexis Valauri-Orton kuGqr Burke Hales. Ngobuchule bakhe kunye nokuqhuba kwethu ukwenza isixhobo esifikeleleka ngakumbi sokulinganisa i-chemistry yolwandle, kunye siphuhlise i-pCO.₂ Ukuya, inkqubo yoluvo olungena entendeni yesandla kwaye ibonelela ngokufundwa kobungakanani bekhabhon diokside enyibilikisiweyo kumanzi olwandle (pCO₂). Siyaqhubeka nokuvavanya i-pCO₂ Ukuhamba kunye namaqabane kwi-Alutiiq Pride Marine Institute ukuqinisekisa ukuba iindawo zokuqandusela zingayisebenzisa ngokulula ukubeka iliso kunye nokulungelelanisa amanzi abo olwandle - ukugcina i-shellfish encinci iphila kwaye ikhula. Kwi-OSM, sigxininise ukusetyenziswa kwayo kwiindawo eziselunxwemeni ukuthatha imilinganiselo yomgangatho ophezulu kwimizuzu nje embalwa.

I-pCO₂ ukuya kuHamba sisixhobo esixabisekileyo sokufunda izikali ezincinci zesithuba ngokuchaneka okuphezulu. Kodwa, umngeni wokutshintsha iimeko zolwandle ufuna ingqwalasela enkulu yejografi. Njengoko inkomfa yayiza kubanjelwa eHawai'i, amazwe amakhulu olwandle ayengumxholo wentlanganiso. UGqr. Venkatesan Ramasamy uququzelele iseshoni "yokuQatshelwa koLwandle lweSiqithi esiNcinane saMazwe aPhuhlisayo (SIDS)" apho iqabane le-TOF uGqr. Katy Soapi thaca egameni leprojekthi yethu yokwandisa amandla okubona i-acidity yolwandle kwii-Pacific Islands.

UGqr. Soapi, onguMququzeleli weZiko loLuntu lwePasifiki kwiSayensi yoLwandle, ukhokela i-Pacific Islands Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC) ukuba i-TOF iqalise njengenxalenye yale ntsebenziswano phakathi kwamaqabane amaninzi * ngenkxaso evela ku-NOAA. Inkcazo-ntetho kaGqr. Siza kuyifeza le modeli ngokudibana kwe-intanethi kunye noqeqesho lomntu; ukubonelela ngezixhobo; kunye nenkxaso yePIOAC ukuze ibonelele ngezixhobo zoqeqesho, uluhlu lwezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo, kunye namathuba emfundo awongezelelweyo kwabo bakummandla wonke. Ngelixa siyilungelelanise le ndlela yokwenziwa kweasidi yolwandle, isenokusetyenziswa ekwandiseni uphando lwemozulu yolwandle, iinkqubo zokulumkisa ngengozi kwangethuba, kunye neminye imimandla yeemfuno ezibalulekileyo zoqwalaselo. 

*Amaqabane ethu: I-Ocean Foundation, ngokubambisana ne-Ocean Teacher Global Academy, i-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), i-Pacific Community, iYunivesithi yaseSouth Pacific, iYunivesithi yase-Otago, iZiko leSizwe laManzi kunye noPhando lwe-Atmospheric, i-Pacific Islands. Iziko le-Ocean Acidification Centre (PIOAC), kunye nobuchule obuvela kwi-Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ye-UNESCO kunye neYunivesithi yaseHawaii, kunye nenkxaso yeSebe le-US le-State kunye ne-NOAA.

UDkt Edem Mahu kunye neBIOTTA

Ukongeza kwinzululwazi egqwesileyo ekwabelwana ngayo kwiNtlanganiso yeeSayensi zoLwandle, imfundo nayo yaba ngumxholo obalaseleyo. Abasebenzi badibana kunye kwiseshoni yesayensi ekude kunye namathuba emfundo, ukwabelana ngomsebenzi wabo kunye nokwandisa ukufunda kude ngexesha lo bhubhani. UGqr Edem Mahu, umfundisi we-Marine Geochemistry kwiYunivesithi yaseGhana kwaye ekhokela iSakhiwo soKwakha kwi-Ocean Acidification Monitoring kwiprojekthi yeGulf of Guinea (BIOTTA), ubonise imodeli yethu yoqeqesho olukude lwe-acidification yolwandle. I-TOF ixhasa imisebenzi emininzi yeBIOTTA. Oku kuquka ukuqaliswa koqeqesho olukwi-intanethi olwakhela phezu kwekhosi entsha ye-OceanTeacher Global Academy ye-OceanTeacher Global Academy ngokubeka iiseshini eziphilayo ezilungiselelwe iGulf of Guinea, ukubonelela ngenkxaso eyongezelelweyo kubantu abathetha isiFrentshi, kunye nokuququzelela ingxoxo yexesha lokwenyani kunye neengcali ze-OA. Amalungiselelo olu qeqesho ayaqhubeka kwaye aya kwakha kuqeqesho lwe-intanethi ye-TOF elungiselela iprojekthi yeZiqithi zePasifiki.

UMarcia Creary Ford kunye ne-EquiSea

Ekugqibeleni, uMarcia Creary Ford, umphandi kwiYunivesithi yaseWest Indies kunye ne-EquiSea co-lead, thaca malunga nendlela i-EquiSea ejolise ngayo ekuphuculeni ukulingana kwisayensi yolwandle ngexesha leseshoni eququzelelwe ngabanye abaququzeleli be-EquiSea, ebizwa ngokuba yi "Global Capacity Development in Ocean. IiNzululwazi zoPhuhliso oluZinzileyo”. Amandla enzululwazi yolwandle asasazwa ngokulinganayo. Kodwa, ulwandle olutshintsha ngokukhawuleza lufuna ukusasazwa ngokubanzi nangokulinganayo kwabantu, ubuchwephesha, kunye neziseko zenzululwazi yolwandle. UNksz Ford wabelane ngakumbi malunga nendlela i-EquiSea eya kujongana ngayo nale miba, iqala ngovavanyo lweemfuno zommandla. Olu vavanyo luya kulandelwa kukuzibophelela kurhulumente kunye nabadlali becandelo labucala-ukubonelela ngethuba lokuba amazwe abonise indlela yawo eqinileyo ekukhuseleni ubuncwane bawo olwandle, ukudala ubomi obungcono kubantu bawo, kunye nokudibanisa okungcono kuqoqosho lwehlabathi. 

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