Hoton - Binciken Antarctic na Burtaniya
Idan ba dadewa ba muka fada muku haka an sami mummunan fashewa akan Larsen C PlatformA yankin Antarctic, a wannan lokacin mun kawo muku abin da zai iya kasancewa ɗayan sabbin labarai ne game da wannan katafaren filin kankara.
Yanzun nan ya kusa kusan kusan kowane lokaci: kilomita 13 ne kawai, bayan an fadada shi wani kilomita 17 tsakanin 25 ga Mayu da 31 ga Mayu, bisa ga abubuwan lura daga aikin MIDAS.
Masu binciken Adrian Luckman da Martin O'Leary sun nuna Mayu 31 a cikin blog daga aikin MIDAS cewa ƙarshen fashewar ya juya sosai zuwa gaban kankara, wanda alama ke nuna cewa lokacin fashewar yana kusa. A wannan yanayin, dutsen kankara mafi girma a cikin shekarun da suka gabata zai kasance.
Bugu da ƙari, an kiyasta cewa zai iya samun yanki na Kilomita 5.000. Idan aka kwatanta, tsibirin Mallorca (tsibirin Balearic, Spain) yana da 3.640km2, kuma ku yarda da ni, ni da nake zaune akansa zan iya cewa yana da girma ƙwarai. Ana ɗaukar awa ɗaya da mintuna ashirin daga kudu ta tsibirin, a Hasumiyar Haske ta Ses Salines, zuwa gefen arewa (Pollensa), wanda yake kusan kilomita 85.
Ta haka ne, Tsarin Larsen C na iya rasa sama da 10% na yankinsa na yanzu. Amma ban da wannan, masu binciken ba sa kore cewa samuwar dutsen kankara na haifar da rugujewar kankara da yawa, kamar yadda ya faru a 2002 tare da wargajewar aikin Larsen B Platform.
Duk wannan kankara tabbas zai ƙare a cikin teku, yana haifar da matakin tashi. Kaɗan kaɗan, haka ne, amma yayin da duniya ke ɗumi, a ƙarshen karni, ana iya tilasta wa mutane da ke rayuwa a duniya yin sabbin taswira.