Ukukala Impembelelo Encomekayo

Uthungelwano lweGlobal Ocean Acidization Observing Network (GOAON) kunye neendawo eziqikelelwayo ze-'ApHRICA', iprojekthi elingwayo yokuhambisa izamvo ze-pH yolwandle eMzantsi Afrika, eMozambique, eSeychelles, naseMauritius okokuqala ngqa. Le projekthi yintsebenziswano yoluntu-yabucala ukuze igcwalise izithuba zophando lwe-acidification yolwandle eMpuma Afrika ebandakanya iSebe le-US State, i-Ocean Foundation, i-Heising-Simons Foundation, i-Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, kunye ne-XPRIZE Foundation kunye namaziko ophando ahlukeneyo.

Le veki iqalisa i-workshop ye-groundbreaking workshop kunye neprojekthi yokufaka i-sensor-edge e-Mauritius, eMozambique, e-Seychelles naseMzantsi Afrika ukufundisisa i-acidification yolwandle eMpuma Afrika okokuqala. Iprojekthi ibizwa ngokwenene “OceAn pH Risarch Iukudibanisa kunye Cukusebenzisana kwi Aifrika - I-AphHRICA". Izithethi zocweyo ziquka uMthunywa weNzululwazi ye-White House ku-Ocean, uGqr Jane Lubchenco, UGqr. URoshan Ramessur kwiYunivesithi yaseMauritius, kunye nabaqeqeshi beenzwa zolwandle kunye nososayensi uGqr Andrew Dickson we UCSD, UGqr. Sam dupont weYunivesithi yaseGothenburg, kunye noJames Beck, i-CEO ye-Sunburst Sensors.

I-AphHRICA Sekuyiminyaka kusenziwa, kuqalwa ngokuphuhlisa izixhobo zokuva i-pH yolwandle, ukubandakanya iingcali ezikhokelayo kunye nokunyusa imali yokuzisa abantu abanomdla kunye nobuchwepheshe obutsha kunye ukuze bathathe inyathelo kwaye bazalise izithuba ezifunekayo zedatha yolwandle. NgoJulayi ophelileyo, XPRIZE wawongwa i $2 million Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, ukhuphiswano lwamabhaso ekuphuhliseni i-pH yolwazi yolwandle ukuphucula ukuqonda kwe-asidi yolwandle. Kunyaka omnye kamva, iqela eliphumeleleyo i-Sunburst Sensors, inkampani encinci e-Missoula, e-Montana, ibonelela ngenzwa yabo ye-'iSAMI' yolwandle ye-pH kule projekthi. I iSAMI yakhethwa ngenxa yokufikeleleka kwayo, ukuchaneka kunye nokusebenziseka ngokulula. 

UJames Beck, i-CEO ye-Sunburst Sensors kunye ne-iSAMI (ekunene) kunye ne-tSAMI (ngasekhohlo), ii-sensors ze-pH eziphumeleleyo ezimbini ze-2 yezigidi zeedola ze-Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE. I-iSAMI sisivamvo se-pH yolwandle ekulula ukuyisebenzisa, echanekileyo kwaye efikelelekayo, eza kuthunyelwa kwi-ApHRICA.

Ulwandlekazi lwase-Indiya yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yale projekthi yokulinga kungekuphela nje ngenxa yokuba kudala iyimfihlelo edume kakubi koochwephesha baselwandle, kodwa nokubekwa esweni kwexesha elide kweemeko zolwandle akukho ndawo kwimimandla emininzi yaseMpuma Afrika. I-AphHRICA iya komeleza ukomelela koluntu oluselunxwemeni, iphucule intsebenziswano yezolwandle kummandla, kwaye ibe negalelo elibonakalayo Uthungelwano lweGlobal Ocean Acidization Observing Network (GOAON) ukuphucula ukuqonda kunye nokusabela kwi-asidi yolwandle. 

Cofa apha ukuze ufunde ushicilelo lweSebe leLizwe lase-US nge-ApHRICA.