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I-Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOAON) enezindawo cishe ze-'ApHRICA', iphrojekthi yokuhlola yokuthumela izinzwa ze-pH olwandle eNingizimu Afrika, eMozambique, eSeychelles, naseMauritius okokuqala ngqa. Le phrojekthi ubambiswano lukahulumeni nezizimele ukuze kugcwaliswe izikhala zocwaningo lwe-acidification olwandle eMpumalanga Afrika okubandakanya uMnyango Wezwe wase-US, i-Ocean Foundation, i-Heising-Simons Foundation, i-Schmidt Marine Technology Partners, kanye ne-XPRIZE Foundation kanye nezikhungo zocwaningo ezihlukahlukene.

Leli sonto liqala umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi kanye nephrojekthi yokuhlola yokufaka izinzwa zasolwandle ezisezingeni eliphezulu eMauritius, eMozambique, eSeychelles naseNingizimu Afrika ukuze kufundwe okokuqala ngqa ngokufakwa kwe-asidi olwandle eMpumalanga Afrika. Iphrojekthi ibizwa ngempela “OceAn pH Risearch Iukuhlanganisa kanye Cukusebenzisana ku Ai-frica - I-AphHRICA". Izikhulumi zomhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi zihlanganisa iNxusa leSayensi eWhite House ku-Ocean, uDkt. Jane Lubchenco, UDkt. Roshan Ramessur eNyuvesi yaseMauritius, kanye nabaqeqeshi bezinzwa zasolwandle kanye nososayensi uDkt Andrew Dickson wase UCSD, uDkt Sam Dupont wase-University of Gothenburg, kanye noJames Beck, oyi-CEO ye-Sunburst Sensors.

I-AphHRICA sekuyiminyaka kwenziwa, kuqalwa ngokuthuthukiswa kwamathuluzi enzwa ye-pH olwandle, ukubandakanya ochwepheshe abaholayo kanye nokukhulisa izimali zokuhlanganisa abantu abashisekayo nobuchwepheshe obusha ukuze bathathe isinyathelo futhi bagcwalise izikhala zedatha yolwandle ezidingeka kakhulu. NgoJulayi odlule, XPRIZE unikeze $2 million Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE, umncintiswano wemiklomelo wokuthuthukisa izinzwa ze-pH zasolwandle ukuthuthukisa ukuqonda kwe-acidification yolwandle. Ngemva konyaka, iqembu eliwinile i-Sunburst Sensors, inkampani encane e-Missoula, e-Montana, ihlinzeka ngenzwa yabo ye-pH yolwandle ye-'iSAMI' kule phrojekthi. I iSAMI ikhethwe ngenxa yokufinyeleleka kwayo okungakaze kubonwe, ukunemba nokusebenziseka kalula. 

U-James Beck, oyi-CEO ye-Sunburst Sensors ene-iSAMI (kwesokudla) kanye ne-tSAMI (kwesobunxele), izinzwa ezimbili ze-pH olwandle eziwinile ze-Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE eyizigidi ezimbili zamaRandi. I-iSAMI iyinzwa ye-pH yasolwandle okulula ukuyisebenzisa, enembile futhi ethengekayo, ezosetshenziswa e-ApHRICA.

I-Indian Ocean iyindawo ekahle yalo mklamo wokuhlola hhayi nje kuphela ngenxa yokuthi sekuyisikhathi eside kuyimfihlakalo engaziwa kubadwebi bolwandle, kodwa futhi nokuqapha isikhathi eside kwezimo zolwandle kushoda ezifundeni eziningi zaseMpumalanga Afrika. I-AphHRICA izoqinisa ukuqina kwemiphakathi yasogwini, ithuthukise ukusebenzisana kwezindawo zasolwandle esifundeni, futhi ibe neqhaza elikhulu ekuthuthukisweni I-Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOAON) ukuthuthukisa ukuqonda kanye nokusabela ku-acidification yolwandle. 

Chofoza lapha ukuze ufunde umbiko kwabezindaba woMnyango Wezwe wase-US ku-ApHRICA.