Lapho sicabanga nge-Afrika, ikakhulukazi engxenyeni esenyakatho, ugwadule luvele lufike engqondweni; mhlawumbe i-oasis, kepha okunye okunye. Indawo lapho impilo kunzima ukuba khona, hhayi ize, amazinga okushisa emini adlula u-45ºC, futhi imvula iyindlala kangangoba ayikho indlela yokuthi izitshalo zikhule. Kepha lokhu kungashintsha.
Ngokocwaningo lweqembu eliholwa nguJacob Schewe no-Anders Levermann, olushicilelwe kwi-Earth System Dynamics, luveze ukuthi ukukhuphuka kwama-2 degrees Celsius kuphela kungaguqula iNyakatho Afrika ibe yinsimu yezithelo.
Ukwanda kwemvula ezifundeni ezomile ngokuvamile kuyizindaba ezimnandi, kepha kungaba njalo ukube lezi zinguquko zenzeke ngokwemvelo hhayi njengomphumela wokushiswa kwamafutha ezimbiwa phansi. Yebo, thina bantu sinamandla nekhono lokushintsha isimo sezulu futhi, ngenxa yalokho, sibeka izitshalo engozini. Yize kunjalo, ezifundeni ezimaphakathi neMali, iNiger neChad izimvula zingabasiza ukuthi bazijwayeze kangcono ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu, kodwa ngeke iyeke ukuba yinselele yesifunda lapho ezinye izinkinga sezivele zikhona, njengempi noma indlala.
Ngokwososayensi, lezi zindawo zingathola imvula eningi njengasenyakatho yeCameroon, okuyindawo enesimo sezulu esishisayo esinothe kakhulu ngohlaza. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kuzoba nokwanda kwemvula ephakathi kuka-40 no-300%, ezoguqula iNyakatho Afrika ibe yinsimu.
Yize kungaziwa ukuthi lolu shintsho luzokwenzeka nini, uLevermann uchaze lokho kungenzeka kungekudala: "Uma izinga lokushisa selisondele embundwini - ama-degrees Celsius amabili - iphethini lemvula lingashintsha eminyakeni embalwa."
Ungafunda isifundo esigcwele ngokwenza chofoza lapha.