Ukunyuka kwamazinga okushisa kungasishiya singenazo izinguzunga zeqhwa ezindaweni eziningi zomhlaba. I-China, engelinye lamazwe angcolisa kakhulu, ingabona amaphesenti angama-60 ayo enyamalala emashumini eminyaka ezayo.
Yize kuthathwa izinyathelo zokubambezela ukuphela kwazo ngangokunokwenzeka, njengokulungiswa kwemigwaqo ukunciphisa uthuli olungcolisiwe, ngokudabukisayo akwenele. Iningi lamaqhwa eqhwa aseChina, uma lokhu kuqhubeka, ekugcineni azophela.
E-China kunezinguzunga zeqhwa ezingama-46.377 46, amaphesenti angama-8, okungukuthi, ama-18.311, atholakala kuphela eziqiwini zikazwelonke zaseXinjiang. Okukhathaza kakhulu ukuthi ama-60% alabo abakulezi ziqiwu bancane, ngakho-ke inganyamalala phakathi nje nengxenye yekhulu leminyaka, njengoba kubikwe ingosi yolwazi yaseChina Iphepha elicashunwe ngu I-Global Times.
"Uma amazinga okushisa omhlaba eqhubeka nokukhuphuka njengoba enjalo manje, ezintabeni zeTian Shan izinguzunga zeqhwa zizonyamalala," kuchaza inhloko yeTianshan Glaciological Station yeChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) uLi Zhongqin,
Uma ekugcineni zinyamalala, izakhamizi zesifunda zizoba nezinkinga ezinkulu, ngoba zisebenza njengomthombo wamanzi kodwa futhi nokusiza ukulungisa ukungalingani kwemithombo yamanzi kuyo yonke le ndawo. Okwamanje, akwaziyo yilokho iTian Shan Glacier No. 1 ngo-Ephreli 2017 ithole amamitha ayi-7,2, amamitha angu-0,8 ngaphezulu kwenyanga efanayo ka-2016. Ngenxa yalokhu kuncibilika okusheshayo, ososayensi baseChina banethemba lokuthi uhulumeni wesifunda angasheshisa imizamo yakhe yokuwavimbela ekunyamalaleni ngokuphelele.
Kepha ngaphezu kwalokho, uma umhlaba wonke wenze konke okusemandleni ukuvimbela amazinga okushisa aphakathi komhlaba ukuthi aqhubeke nokukhuphuka, hhayi kuphela izinguzunga zeqhwa zaseChina ezingaba nethuba lokululama, kepha nalabo abakwezinye izifunda zomhlaba. Ngakho-ke, sizogcina sinciphisa imiphumela yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu.