Hoton - Svalbardi
Abin da zai iya zama kamar wargi a cikin ɗanɗano mara kyau gaskiyar gaske ce wanda da yawa ba za su so ba, ba a banza ba, Arctic glaciers ba daidai bane a farkonsu saboda dumamar yanayi. Amma wannan kamar bai dace da Jamal Qureshi ba, masanin harkar kuɗi ta Wall Street.
Wannan mutumin, a kan tafiya zuwa tsibirin Svalbard (Norway), ya kawo kankara daga dutsen kankara zuwa gidansa, inda matarsa ta yi shayi da wannan ruwan. Suna son dandano sosai cewa sun fara amfani da dusar kankara ta tsibirai don ƙirƙirar kasuwancin su: Ruwan kwalba na Arctic.
Idan muka yi la’akari da cewa narkewar kankara ita ce babbar matsalar da muke fuskanta, za mu iya tunanin cewa ɗaukar kankara daga Arctic don narke shi kawai zai sa yanayin ya kasance da muni. Amma saboda wannan kamfanin da Qureshi ya kafa, Svalbardi, kuna da amsoshi guda biyu. Na farko shi ne cewa kashi ɗaya daga cikin kuɗin kwalbar, wanda yakai euro 94, an bayar da shi ne ga Global Seed Vault, wacce cibiya ce wacce take kiyaye tsaba da nau'ikan nau'ikan halittu daban daban don kaucewa halakarsu; na biyu kuma shi ne yana da izini a matsayin kamfanin da ba shi da carbon, kuma suna amfani da dusar ƙanƙara ne kawai waɗanda aka ware kuma suke iyo a cikin teku.
Babban abin damuwa game da lamarin shi ne, a cewar Qureshi, suna amfani da dusar kankara da aka kirkira shekaru dubu 4 da suka wuce daga dusar ƙanƙara kuma gurbatarwar ba ta iya maye su ba, amma bai ambaci wani binciken kimiyya ba goyi bayan maganarka.
Svalbard Thaw. Hoto - NASA
Kamfanin yana shirin sayarwa tsakanin kwalabe dubu 25 zuwa 35 a shekara, wanda aka yi shi da kimanin tan 30 na kankara, wani abu da zai zama ga Peter Gleick, shugaban Cibiyar Pacific, a cikin dogon lokaci ba zai ci gaba ba saboda zai iya hanzarta narkewar.