Enye yezona ndawo zichaphazelekileyo kwaye zichaphazele umhlaba yiAntarctica. Utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokufudumala kwehlabathi zezona zizathu ziphambili zokuba umkhenkce unyibilike eAntarctica ngokuxhuma kunye nemida.
Umba uba nzima ngakumbi emva kokuba iqela labaphandi libonile Ukusekwa kwamachibi angama-8.000 ngenxa yokunyibilika komkhenkce okwenzeka ukusukela ngo-2000.
La ngamachibi amahle aluhlaza abangela ukunyibilika kweqhwa kulo lonke elaseAntarctica ukukhawulezisa ngendlela ekhathaza ngokwenene. Eli lixesha lokuqala ukuba le meko iqatshelwe kwimpuma ye-Antarctica apho kufunyanwa khona eyona ice inkulu eMhlabeni. Kude kube ngoku, akukho ngxaki inyibilikileyo ebikhe yafunyanwa kule ndawo, kodwa iziphumo zotshintsho lwemozulu ziyaqala ukuvakala kuloo nxalenye yeAntarctica.
Ngokutsho kweengcali ngalo mbandela, la machibi aluhlaza akhiwa ngexesha lasehlotyeni ngenxa yamaqondo obushushu aphezulu kwaye ahlala enza imilambo phantsi komkhenkce, oququzelela umqala owoyikekayo. Nangona ubukhulu bala machibi bungekabi bukhulu kakhulu, en Umsitho wokuba ukufudumala kwehlabathi kuyaqhubeka nokuba mandundu, kunokubangela ukuba inani lamachibi ase-Antarctica ande ngendlela exhalabisa kule minyaka izayo.
Umcimbi ubaluleke kakhulu kunokuba kubonakala ngathi uqala nje okoko kunokubakho ukunyuka kwexesha elide kwinqanaba lolwandle ukuya kuthi ga kwiimitha ezintandathu, ezinokubangela ukunyamalala kwenani elikhulu lezixeko zonxweme ezijikeleze iplanethi. Okokugqibela, kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba i-East Antarctica yeyona ndawo inkulu yomkhenkce emhlabeni, ke ingxaki iya kuba mbi nangakumbi.