Kukho ubomi emafiniNgaphaya kwamasuntswana amanzi, iAerosol, umkhenkce, okanye uthuli, iqela laseMelika lafumanisa ukuba ubomi bukho emafini. Nangona bekurhanelwa kwakudala, ngoku bukhona ubungqina bokwenyani bokuba kunjalo Enkosi kulingo abalwenzileyo.
Ewe kunokwenzeka ukuba ukusukela ngoku ukuya phambili xa siphakamisela amehlo esibhakabhakeni kwaye sibona amafu, akunakuphepheka ukucinga ukuba nakuzo kukho izidalwa eziphilayo. Kodwa yile ndlela, kwaye namhlanje siza kuchaza indlela oku kwenzeka ngayo. Kuba eli hlabathi liyaqhubeka nokuba nezimanga kunye nemimangaliso apho bekubonakala ngathi yonke into sele ifunyenwe.
Ngubani kwaye wenza njani ulingelo?
Iqela laseCalifornia, eSan Diego, kunye neZiko laseMelika laseScripps, ithathe amathontsi emvula kunye namanzi acwengileyo (umkhenkce) ngexesha lokubaleka ngamafu. Kuhlalutyo olwenziwe, bafumanisa ukuba zibhalwe ukongeza kumasuntswana othuli kunye nezinye izinto eziphilayo, ziibhaktiriya, iintsholongwane zokungunda kunye nezinye iintsalela zezityalo. Uhlalutyo ngokwenyani yayililinge lokufumanisa ukuba bayiphembelela njani ukwenziwa kwelifu.
Uhlalutyo lwathathwa ngenqwelomoya i-C-130 ngamafu. Inqwelomoya yayine-spectrometer eyakhelwe-ngaphakathi kunye negumbi lomkhenkce. Imilinganiselo yeesampulu yathathwa "in situ", ke ngoko kubaluleke kakhulu ukufumanisa ukuba umlinganiso uchanekile ngaphandle kokuvumela ezinye izinto ukuba zibe nefuthe.
Bavuke njani apho?
Esinye sezigqibo ezifikelelwe zizazinzulu zezi imisinga yomoya. Umzekelo, izaqhwithi zesanti ezinokubangelwa yiAsia, zinceda ukuyilwa kunye nokuqaqanjelwa kwamathontsi amanzi emafini. Ezi xa ziphakama zithwala amasuntswana othuli, sichaze njani, kwaye phakathi kwabo i-spores of fungus, ibhaktheriya, njl. Kuyalandela, ke ngoko, imvula ewela eMelika, ingahambisa iintsholongwane ezivela eAsia.
U-Anne-Marine Schmoltner we Isiseko seSayensi yaseMelika (NFS), abangabona baxhasa iprojekthi, uthe: "ngoku kufunyenwe ukuba hayi nje uthuli olungaphiliyo, kodwa kwanezinto ezithile ngokwazo, zidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekwakhiweni kwamafu."
Ngokuqinisekileyo ngokwaneleyo, ukusukela ngoku ukuya phambili, xa ujonga "phezulu phaya," uya kubona into engaphezulu komphunga wamanzi ojiyileyo.