00:00Listen, there is a group of scientists that is very worried because they detect that a
00:04essential phenomenon for the marine life stopped happening this year. And they don't know why.
00:09Their findings were published in a very famous scientific magazine
00:13of the National Academia de Ciencias of the United States. In that article,
00:18published by researchers from the Smithsonian Institute of Tropical Investigations,
00:22prenden the alarm with what they found.
00:24I'll tell you quickly. In the Gulf of Panamá, not very far from Colombia,
00:29always occurs between January and April a very particular phenomenon that we don't see at any point.
00:34There is a large mass of cold water that asciende from the Pacific Ocean to the surface.
00:40Afloramiento is, as they call it scientists, or an emergency event.
00:43In summary, it is essential because that large mass of cold water
00:47asciende with nutrients from the surface of the ocean that are aprovechados by many marine species.
00:51And that, as they wrote the researchers, it means that there is a productive fishing
00:56that is essential for the diet of many people. And that phenomenon also means that the
01:01corals, which are indispensable for the health of the sea,
01:05no suffer from the high temperatures of the ocean.
01:08I am sure you have heard that these organisms have suffered from
01:12one of the most dramatic blanqueamientos in the history of the world.
01:17The case is that this vital phenomenon of the ascenso of water has occurred year after year,
01:21without lack. But this 2025, for the first time, did not occur.
01:26The researchers don't have very clear to what this situation is.
01:29They are enfatical to that it is necessary to investigate with more detail to determine
01:33the causes and the consequences that will have for the marine species,
01:37because it could affect from the most small to the most large, like the dolphins or some ballenas.
01:43What they currently suspect is that it is due to some changes in the patterns of the
01:48vientos alisius.
01:49It seems to occur with a lower frequency of the usual frequency, and in something,
01:53possibly, had to be the last phenomenon of the niña.
01:56For the authors, this can be a good advertency of the impacts of the climate
02:01in oceanic processes that are fundamental.
02:04But again, we have to investigate a lot more and monitor very well what will happen from here.
02:10The question that they are doing is if this that happened is if this
02:15occurred marks the beginning of future episodes similar in the Gulf of Panamá.
02:19If it is so, there will be a lot of attention to the marine life in that place,
02:24and above all, to the health of the corals.
02:26We invite you to know more news about the ocean and rivers in the section of Ambiente El Espectador.
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