Njengomphumela wokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, izilwandle seziqala ukuba ne-asidi, okubeka engcupheni ukusinda kwezinkulungwane zezinhlobo zasolwandle. Le nqubo isivele ifinyelela entshonalanga ye-Arctic Ocean, okungathinta izimbaza nezinye izilwane abahlali abathembele kuzo ngokocwaningo olwenziwe yi-NOAA nabanye abahlanganyeli, futhi lwashicilelwa kumagazini i-Nature Climate Change.
Lolu cwaningo olusha lukhombisa ukuthi phakathi konyaka we-1990 nowe-2010, ukujula kwamanzi ane-asidi kukhuphukile kusuka cishe kumamitha angama-99 ngaphansi kobuso kuya ngaphezu kwamamitha angama-244.
Njengoba ulwandle lumunca isikhutha, amanzi aba yi-asidi. Ngokwenza njalo, izilwane ezingamagobolondo ezihlala kuyo, njenge-shellfish noma iminenke yasolwandle, azikwazi ukwakha "izihlangu" zazo njengoba kufanele; ukuze ngokuhamba kwesikhathi banciphe. Futhi, njengoba buthaka, Abantu abahlala e-Arctic bazoba nenkinga yokuthola ukudla.
Ngokusho kombhali-ndawonye uWei-Jun Cai wase-University of Delaware, "I-Arctic Ocean ilulwandle lokuqala ukubona ukwanda okusheshayo nokwanda okukhulu kwe-acidification, okungenani kabili ngokuphindwe kabili kunalokho okubonwa olwandle iPacific noma i-Atlantic".
Isithombe - UTammy Beeson, University of Delaware
Ukuhlaziywa kwedatha ye-Arctic Ocean kanye nemodeli yokulingisa kukhombisile lokho ukwanda kokugeleza kwamanzi kusuka ePacific kuya e-Arctic phakathi nobusika, kuqhutshwa ngamaphethini wokujikeleza neqhwa lasolwandle ehlobo, ngokuyinhloko kubhekele ukunwetshwa kwe-Arctic acification.
Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukuncibilika kweqhwa olwandle kuye kwavumela amanzi amaningi avela ePacific ukuba agelezele olwandle i-Arctic futhi anqwabelene, andise amazinga asevele aphezulu e-carbon dioxide. Kodwa-ke, i-pH yamanzi e-arctic iyancipha.
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