Umfanekiso - uCristopher Michel
Esinye seziphumo ezihle zotshintsho lwemozulu oluye lwasokola kwiplanethi yonke kukunyibilika kwengingqi yeAntarctic. Unyaka emva konyaka le Antarctica ikhankanywe ngasentla ibona ingenakunceda njengoko umkhenkce unyamalala kunye nokunyibilika okufanayo kuyanda ngaphandle kokufika kwezisombululo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, xa ujongene nale panorama emnyama, uye wazibuza ngaphezu kwesinye, Kodwa kwenzeka ntoni xa umkhenkce weAntarctica unyibilika?
Ayisiyonto intsha ukuba iminyaka i-Antarctica ibisokola ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu kwaye inyibilika ngesantya esinexhala. I-thaw ikhawuleze kangangokuba, ngokutsho kwabaphandi, ilizwekazi ngokwalo liya kuba sengozini yokwenene ngonyaka we-2100. Kwimeko apho oku kunokwenzeka, amaqhekeza omkhenkce eAntarctic angaba sengozini yokuwa kwaye umphezulu uya kususwa kwimizuzwana embalwa.
Kungenxa yoko le nto kukho abaphandi abaninzi kwicandelo lemozulu abafuna uthotho lwamanyathelo ngokukhawuleza ukuphepha ukufikelela kule meko intlekele. Ukongeza kutshintsho lwemozulu esele lukhankanyiwe, kuyimfuneko ukuba kuthathelwe ingqalelo ukukhutshwa kweegesi zegreenhouse kuba sesinye sezizathu eziphambili zokunyibilika kwindawo yeAntarctic kukhawuleze kakhulu kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Ukuba amanyathelo athathwa ngokungxamisekileyo kwaye ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, malunga nama-80 ukuya kuma-90 eminyaka ubukhulu becala indawo enkulu yomphezulu weAntarctica inokunyamalala ngenxa yokunyuka kwamanqanaba olwandle kunye nokunyibilika okungaphezulu Umkhenkce kwindawo leyo. Yiyo loo nto ilixesha elifanelekileyo lokuwuthatha ngokungqongqo umba wotshintsho lwemozulu kwaye uyeke ukujonga kwenye indawo ngokungabalulekanga.