Isithombe - iSvalbardi
Okungahle kubonakale njengehlaya ngokunganambitheki okuhle kuyiqiniso abaningi abangase bangalithandi, hhayi ize, Izinguzunga zeqhwa zase-Arctic azikho ezingeni elifanele ngenxa yokushisa komhlaba. Kodwa lokho kubonakala kungabalulekile kuJamal Qureshi, uchwepheshe wezezimali eWall Street.
Le ndoda, ohambweni oluya eziqhingini zaseSvalbard (eNorway), yaletha iqhwa lisuka eqhweni laya ekhaya layo, lapho unkosikazi wayo enza khona itiye ngalawo manzi. Bathandile ukunambitheka kakhulu kangangokuba baqale ukuxhaphaza izinguzunga zeqhwa leziqhingi ukwakha ibhizinisi labo: Amanzi asemabhodleleni ase-Arctic.
Ngokubheka ukuthi ukuncibilika kweqhwa kungenye yezinkinga ezinkulu esibhekana nazo, singacabanga ukuthi ukuthatha iqhwa e-Arctic ukuze lincibilike kuzokwenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu. Kepha ngalokhu inkampani eyasungulwa nguQureshi, ISvalbardi, unezimpendulo ezimbili. Esokuqala ukuthi iphesenti lezindleko zebhodlela, elibiza ama-euro angama-94, linikelwa kwi-Global Seed Vault, okuyisikhungo esigcina imbewu yezinhlobo eziningi kakhulu zezinto eziphilayo ukugwema ukuqothulwa; kanti okwesibili yilokho iqinisekiswe njengenkampani engenakhabhoni, nokuthi basebenzisa kuphela ama-icebergs asebekiwe futhi antanta olwandle.
Okukhathazayo ngecala ukuthi, ngokusho kukaQureshi, basebenzisa ama-icebergs adalwa eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane ezine eyedlule kusuka eqhweni nokuthi ukungcoliswa akukwazanga ukubadakisa, kepha ayikhulumi nganoma yiluphi ucwaningo lwesayensi sekela amazwi akho.
ISvalbard Thaw. Isithombe - NASA
Le nkampani ihlela ukuthengisa amabhodlela aphakathi kwezinkulungwane ezingama-25 nezingama-35 ngonyaka, enziwe ngamathani angama-30 eqhwa, into uPeter Gleick, umongameli wePacific Institute, esikhathini esizayo ngeke igcineke njengoba ingasheshisa ukuncibilika.