Uma umuntu ebuka i-US Pacific Northwest, ucabanga ngama-fern aluhlaza, izihlahla ezimbozwe ubulembu e-Olympic National Park, noma i-Hoh Rainforest, lapho imvula yaminyaka yonke ikalwa ngamakhulu amasentimitha. Umswakama, uhlaza, izitshalo ezihlala ziluhlaza, imifula eningi. Kuyingxenye enkulu yesizathu sokuthi kungani ngihlala lapha.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwesimo sezulu se-anthropogenic (ACD), lesi sifunda sishintsha ngesivinini esisheshayo. ENhlonhlweni Yama-Olympic lapho ngihlala khona, leli bekuyihlobo lentuthu yomlilo wequbula.
Njengoba ngibhala lokhu, iPuget Sound, Seattle kanye neNhlonhlo Yama-Olympic, zonke zigcwele ungqimba intuthu yomlilo wequbula nomlotha kusuka emlilweni ovuthayo eMpumalanga Washington naseMontana. Indawo yase Seattle kuphawula i-weatherman ukuthi โwayengakaze asibone isimo esinjengalesi.โ
Washington Uhulumeni uJay Inslee umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo esifundazweni sakhe sonke ngoMgqibelo Septhemba 2.
Intuthu evela emililo yequbula ehlukahlukene ibilokhu icishe yaqina kule ngxenye yezwe kule nyanga edlule. Cishe isonto eledlule, sambozwa intuthu evela emililo yequbula eminingi kulo lonke elase-Oregon, futhi ngaphambi kwalokho, sachitha cishe amasonto amabili siphefumula intuthu ewugqinsi evela emililo yequbula engaphezu kuka-1,000 eyahangula iBritish Columbia ikhuphuka ogwini isuka kithi.
Uma uphumela ngaphandle, umhlaba ubonakala uphuzi ngokudlulele. Ilanga liyahlukahluka kusukela ekungabonakali, kuye ekuphumeni njengebulb eliwolintshi eliphuzi ngisho naphakathi nosuku. Lapho lishona, liye labonakala libomvu igazi phakathi nentuthu ewugqinsi.
NASA izithombe zesathelayithi khombisa intuthu yentuthu ize ifike oGwini oluseMpumalanga.
Uma kubhekwa imibiko yesayensi edlule neyakamuva, ngokusobala leli yizwe thina, kanye nengxenye enkulu ye-United States, ebesizilungiselele kangcono ukuhlala kulo kusukela manje kuqhubeke.
Ukushisa Okudlulele, Isomiso Esidlulele
Intuthu ephuma kuyo yonke le mililo, ngesikhathi sokuloba, isuka phezulu iye eBritish Columbia ize iyofika enkabeni ye-Oregon.
A umlilo wequbula ngaphandle kwasePortland kuphoqe amakhulu ezakhamizi ukuthi ziphume ngesikhathi isha yangabe isalawuleka eColumbia River Gorge. Lona omunye nje wemililo yequbula engama-81 evutha kulo lonke elase-US ngesikhathi sokubhala lokhu, nama-20 aleyo mililo e-Oregon kuphela.
Abacwaningi besimo sezulu bebelokhu besixwayisa isikhathi eside ukuthi ukwanda kwamazinga okushisa kanye nesomiso esishube kakhulu ngokunengqondo kuzodala ukwanda okumangazayo enanini, ukushisa kanye nolaka lomlilo wequbula.
A ucwaningo olushicilelwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka yabonisa ukuthi ukukhishwa kwamagesi abamba ukushisa okubangelwa abantu kuye kwandisa amathuba okuba nezenzakalo zokushisa okwedlulele ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-80 eplanethi.
Ikwindla edlule, abacwaningi ishicilele imiphumela yocwaningo eyabonisa ukuthi i-ACD ibalwe cishe ingxenye yokwanda kogwadule lwamafutha omlilo wequbula (ukoma kwehlathi) eNtshonalanga ye-US kusukela ngo-1979 nje, okubangele ukuthi indawo yase-US West ehlaselwe ukusha kwamahlathi iphindeke kabili ngobukhulu kusukela ngo-1984.
Ngokusho kwe-Inside Climate News: โIzinkathi zomlilo eziyisishiyagalolunye kwezingu-10 ezimbi kakhulu eminyakeni engu-50 edlule zonke zenzeke kusukela ngo-2000, kanti i-2015 kwakuyisizini yomlilo embi kakhulu emlandweni wase-US, idlula amahektha ayizigidi ezingu-10 okokuqala ngqa. kwirekhodi. Kuze kube manje kulo nyaka, imililo yasendle e-US ishise amahektha ayizigidi ezingu-7.8, kodwa inkathi yomlilo isekude ukuphela. Isilinganiso senkathi yomlilo siyizinsuku ezingama-78 ubude kunangeminyaka yawo-1970s futhi manje sithatha cishe izinyanga eziyisikhombisa - siqala futhi sidlulele ngale kokushisa kwehlobo okuvamile. Ngo-April walo nyaka, kwase kushile umlilo wequbula amahektha angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-2 e-US - cishe isilinganiso esisetshenziswa kuyo yonke inkathi yomlilo phakathi nawo-1980.
Ukushisa Okudlulele
Uma kuziwa esimweni sezulu esishisayo - futhi okuhlobene, umlilo - leli bekuyihlobo lezincwadi zamarekhodi eNtshonalanga. Ngesonto lokuqala likaSepthemba, iSan Francisco yabona a irekhodi emangalisa high izinga lokushisa elingu-106ยฐF, phakathi kwegagasi lokushisa elibone abantu baseCalifornia abayizigidi ezingu-36.5 (amaphesenti angu-98 omphakathi wezwe) behlala ngaphansi kweseluleko sokushisa ekhishwe abeNational Weather Service.
Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, i-Los Angeles yayibona umlilo wequbula omkhulu kunayo yonke emlandweni shisa amahektha angu-7,000 ngaphambi kwezimvula ezivela ensalela yesiphepho sasezindaweni ezishisayo zasiza izicishamlilo ukuba ziphumelele.
I-Yale Environment 360 ixwayise yalokhu okungenzeka ngoDisemba odlule. Lo magazini, onyatheliswa i-Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, wabika ukuthi njengoba i-Arctic iqhubeka nokufudumala ngokushesha okuphindwe kabili kunawo wonke umhlaba, imimoya engenhla emkhathini ingadonselwa endaweni epholile futhi ibangele ukugeleza kwe-jet. iba yi-wavier ngesikhathi sesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu. Lena incazelo yobuchwepheshe eyengeziwe yokuthi, njenge olunye ucwaningo lwaxwayisa ngoMashi, lezi zindlela zesimo sezulu ezintsha zizokhiqiza amagagasi okushisa arekhodiwe nemililo yequbula - khona kanye esikubonayo manje kulo lonke elaseNtshonalanga.
Futhi uma kubhekwa ukuthi ayikho imizamo emikhulu, emikhulu yokunciphisa i-ACD eyenzekayo, okungenani kunayo yonke e-United States, singathembela kulezi zindlela ukuthi zikhulise futhi zibe zimbi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
UDahr Jamail, intatheli yezisebenzi ze-Truthout, ungumbhali we Intshisekelo Yokumelana: Amasosha Angenqaba Ukulwa E-Iraq nase-Afghanistan (Haymarket Books, 2009), kanye Ngale Kwendawo Ehlaza: Ukukhishwa Okuvela Kuntatheli Engahlanganisiwe e-Iraq Ehlalwe (Izincwadi zeHaymarket, 2007). U-Jamail ubike ese-Iraq isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, kanye naseLebanon, Syria, Jordan naseTurkey kule minyaka eyi-10 edlule, futhi usezuze indondo ye-Martha Gellhorn for Investigative Journalism, phakathi kweminye imiklomelo.
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