NgoLwesibili ebusuku, iBhodi Yokulondolozwa Kwemvelo yaseHull ivumile ngazwi linye ukufaka izinzwa zamanzi ezindaweni ezahlukene ogwini lolwandle lwaseHull ukuze kuqashwe ukuphakama kolwandle.
I-WHOI ikholelwa ukuthi iHull ifaneleka kahle ukuhlola izinzwa zamanzi ngoba imiphakathi yasogwini isengozini futhi inikeza ithuba lokuqonda kangcono izinkinga zezikhukhula zendawo.
Izinzwa zamanzi, okulindeleke ukuthi zisize ososayensi ukulandelela ukunyuka kwezinga lolwandle emiphakathini esogwini eMassachusetts, zivakashele eHull ngo-Ephreli futhi zasebenzisana noChris Krahforst, umqondisi wedolobha wokulungiswa kwesimo sezulu kanye nokongiwa kwemvelo, ukuze kutholakale izindawo lapho uHull ezobeka khona izinzwa.
Amalungu ekomidi awabonanga miphumela emibi ngokufakwa kwezinzwa.
Ngokusho kukaDas, ukufaka izinzwa edolobheni kuzogcwalisa igebe phakathi kwabanye abantu ababika ukuthi kunezikhukhula emagcekeni abo kanye nama-gauge wamanzi akhona e-NOAA, angahlobene nalokho umphakathi obhekene nakho.
“Kunezindawo ezimbalwa zokulinganisa amanzi agelezayo kulo lonke elaseNyakatho-mpumalanga, futhi ibanga eliphakathi kwezindawo zokuhlola likhulu,” kusho uDas. “Sidinga ukufaka izinzwa ezengeziwe ukuze siqonde amazinga amanzi ngezinga elincane.” Ngisho nomphakathi omncane ungashintsha; Kungase kungabi yisenzakalo esikhulu sesiphepho, kodwa sizobangela izikhukhula.
Isilinganiso sokugeleza kwamanzi se-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration silinganisa izinga lamanzi njalo ngemizuzu eyisithupha. I-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration inama-gauge ayisithupha okugeleza amanzi eMassachusetts: iWoods Hole, iNantucket, iChatham, iNew Bedford, iFall River kanye neBoston.
Amazinga olwandle eMassachusetts akhuphuke ngamasentimitha amabili kuya kwamathathu kusukela ngo-2022, “okushesha kakhulu kunesilinganiso esibonwe eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu edlule.” Lelo nani livela ezilinganisweni ezivela kuma-gauge e-Woodhull kanye ne-Nantucket tide.
Uma kukhulunywa ngokukhuphuka kwezinga lolwandle, kusho uDas, yilolu shintsho olusheshayo lokungalingani oluqhuba isidingo sokuqoqwa kwedatha okwengeziwe, ikakhulukazi ukuqonda ukuthi leli zinga lokwanda lizothinta kanjani izikhukhula ngezinga lendawo.
Lezi zinzwa zizosiza imiphakathi yasogwini ukuthola idatha yendawo engasetshenziswa ukunciphisa ingozi yezikhukhula.
"Sinezinkinga kuphi? Ngidinga kuphi idatha eyengeziwe? Izenzakalo zemvula zivezwa kanjani uma kuqhathaniswa nokugeleza kwamanzi okwengeziwe emfuleni, uma kuqhathaniswa nemimoya evela empumalanga noma eNtshonalanga? Yonke le mibuzo yesayensi isiza abantu baqonde ukuthi kungani izikhukhula zenzeka ezindaweni ezithile nokuthi kungani zishintsha." "Kusho uDarth.
UDas ukhombe ukuthi esimweni sezulu esifanayo, umphakathi owodwa eHull ungakhukhula kanti omunye ungeke. Lezi zinzwa zamanzi zizohlinzeka ngemininingwane engathathwanga yinethiwekhi kahulumeni, eqapha ukuphakama kwezinga lolwandle engxenyeni encane kuphela yogu lombuso.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uDas uthe, abacwaningi banezilinganiso ezinhle zokuphakama kwezinga lolwandle, kodwa abanalo ulwazi mayelana nezehlakalo zezikhukhula zasogwini. Abacwaningi banethemba lokuthi lezi zinzwa zizothuthukisa ukuqonda inqubo yezikhukhula, kanye namamodeli okwaba izinsiza esikhathini esizayo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Juni-04-2024