Xa ubani enombono we-US Pacific Northwest, ubani ucinga ngeefern eziluhlaza, imithi egqunywe bubulembu ekwiOlympic National Park, okanye iHoh Rainforest, apho imvula yonyaka ilinganiselwa kumakhulu ee-intshi. Ukufuma, uhlaza, uhlaza, imilambo emininzi. Yinxalenye enkulu yesizathu sokuba ndihlale apha.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwemozulu yeanthropogenic (ACD) ngequbuliso, lo mmandla utshintsha ngesantya esikhawulezayo. KuSingasiqithi weOlimpiki apho ndihlala khona, eli ibilihlobo lomsi womlilo wasendle.
Xa ndibhala oku, iPuget Sound, iSeattle kunye noSingasiqithi weOlimpiki, zonke zigutyungelwe bubunzima Umsi womlilo wasendle kunye nothuthu ukusuka kwimililo evuthayo eMpuma Washington naseMontana. Indawo yaseSeattle i-weatherman yatsho ukuba โakazange ayibone imeko enjengale.โ
Washington Urhulumente uJay Inslee ubhengeze imeko yonxunguphalo kulo lonke ilizwe lakhe ngoMgqibelo nge-2 kaSeptemba.
Umsi wemililo yamadlelo eyahlukahlukeneyo ubusoloko ugquba kule nxalenye yeli lizwe kwinyanga ephelileyo. Malunga neveki ephelileyo, sasigqunywe ngumsi ovela kwimililo yasendle e-Oregon, kwaye ngaphambi koko, sachitha phantse iiveki ezimbini siphefumla umsi oshinyeneyo ovela kwimililo yasendle engaphezulu kwe-1,000 XNUMX eyatshisa iBritish Columbia ukuya kunxweme kuthi.
Ukuphuma ngaphandle, umhlaba ubonakala utyheli. Ilanga liyahluka ukusuka ekungabonakali, ukuya ekuveleni njengeglowubhu e-orenji emthubi naphakathi kwemini. Xa litshona, liye libonakale libomvu ligazi kumsi omkhulu.
NASA iifoto zesatellite bonisa umsi womsi nokuba ufikelele kuNxweme lwaseMpuma.
Xa kujongwe iingxelo zenzululwazi ezidlulileyo kunye nezamva nje, eli kubonakala ngathi lihlabathi thina, kunye nelizwe lonke lase-United States, besilungiselele ngcono ukuhlala kulo ukusukela ngoku ukuya phambili.
Ubushushu obugqithisileyo, Imbalela eNgamandla
Umsi ophuma kuyo yonke le mililo, ngexesha lokubhalwa kwayo, usuka phezulu ukuya eBritish Columbia ukuya kutsho kumbindi weOregon.
A umlilo wasendle ngaphandle kwePortland inyanzelise amakhulu abahlali ukuba baphume ngelixa itshise ingalawuleki kwiColumbia River Gorge. Lo ngomnye wemililo yasendle engama-81 evuthayo kulo lonke elase-US ngexesha lokubhalwa, ngama-20 aloo mililo e-Oregon kuphela.
Abaphandi bemozulu bebesilumkisa ixesha elide ukuba ukunyuka kwamaqondo obushushu kunye nembalela emandla ngokusengqiqweni kuya kubangela ukunyuka okumangalisayo kwinani, ubushushu kunye nobukrakra bomlilo wasendle.
A uphononongo olupapashwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka yabonisa ukuba ukukhutshwa kweegesi ezibangelwa ngabantu kuye kwawandisa amathuba okuba kubekho ubushushu obugqithiseleyo ngaphezu kwama-80 ekhulwini esi sijikelezi-langa.
Kwikwindla yokugqibela, abaphandi yapapasha iziphumo zophando ebonisa ukuba i-ACD ibala malunga nesiqingatha sokwanda kwe-wildfire fuelityuty (ukoma kwehlathi) eNtshona US ukususela ngo-1979 nje, okubangela ukuba indawo yase-US West echatshazelwe yimililo yamahlathi iphindwe kabini ngobukhulu ukususela kwi-1984.
Ngokutsho kweNdaba zeMozulu ezingaphakathi: "Izihlandlo ezilithoba ze-10 zomlilo ezibi kakhulu kwiminyaka eyi-50 edlulileyo zonke zenzeke ukususela kwi-2000, kwaye i-2015 yayiyixesha elibi kakhulu lomlilo kwimbali yase-US, idlula i-10 yezigidi zeehektare okokuqala. kwirekhodi. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka, imililo yasendle e-US itshise i-7.8 yezigidi zeehektare, kodwa ixesha lomlilo lide liphele. Ixesha eliqhelekileyo lomlilo lide kangangeentsuku ezingama-78 kunokuba lalinjalo ngeminyaka yoo-1970 kwaye ngoku lithatha phantse iinyanga ezisixhenxe - liqala kwaye lidlulela ngaphaya kobushushu obuqhelekileyo basehlotyeni. NgoAprili walo nyaka, amadlelo aye atshe ngaphezu kwe-2 yezigidi zeehektare e-US - phantse i-avareji idliwe kwixesha lonke lomlilo ngexesha le-1980.
Ubushushu obukhulu
Xa kuziwa kwimozulu eshushu - kwaye ngokunxulumene, umlilo - oku kube yihlobo kwiincwadi zerekhodi eNtshona. Ngeveki yokuqala kaSeptemba, iSan Francisco yabona a irekhodi emangalisayo phezulu ubushushu be-106 ยฐ F, phakathi kwamaza obushushu abone i-36.5 yezigidi zabantu baseCalifornia (98 pesenti yabemi belizwe) abahlala phantsi kwengcebiso yobushushu ikhutshwe yiNkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe.
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iLos Angeles yayibona owona mlilo mkhulu kwirekhodi ukutshisa iihektare ezingama-7,000 ngaphambi kwemvula evela kwintsalela yesiphango setropiki yanceda abacimi-mlilo ukuba boyise.
Yale Environment 360 walumkisa oku kusenzeka kuDisemba ophelileyo. Eli phephancwadi, elapapashwa yiYale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, lanikela ingxelo yokuba njengoko iArctic iqhubeka ifudumala ngokuphindwe kabini kunawo wonke umhlaba, imimoya ekwiatmosfera engaphezulu inokutsalelwa kummandla wencam yomhlaba ize ibangele ukuba umsinga wejethi unyuke. Uba buthathaka kakhulu ngexesha lemozulu embi. Le yinkcazo yobugcisa ngakumbi yokuba, njengoko esinye isifundo walumkisa ngoMatshi, le mizekelo emitsha yemozulu iya kuvelisa amaza obushushu kunye nemililo yasendle - ngokuchanekileyo oko sikubonayo ngoku kwiNtshonalanga.
Kwaye ngenxa yokuba akukho zinzame ezinkulu, ezinkulu zokunciphisa i-ACD ezenzekayo, ubuncinci kuzo zonke e-United States, sinokuthembela kwezi ndlela ukuba zandise kwaye zibe mandundu ngokuhamba kwexesha.
Dahr Jamail, intatheli yabasebenzi Truthout, umbhali we Intando Yokumelana: Amajoni anqwenela ukulwa e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan (Haymarket Books, 2009), kunye Ngaphaya koMmandla oLuhlaza: Ukuhanjiswa okuvela kwiNtatheli yeendaba engafakwanga kwi-Iraq ehlala abantu (Iincwadi zeHaymarket, ngo-2007). I-Jamail inike ingxelo evela e-Iraq ngaphezu konyaka, kunye naseLebhanon, eSiriya, eJordani naseTurkey kule minyaka iyi-10 idlulileyo, kwaye iphumelele iMbasa yeMartha Gellhorn ye-Investigative Journalism, phakathi kwamanye amabhaso.
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