Umkhenkce kwiintambo zombane unokubangela umonakalo, ushiya abantu bengenabushushu nombane kangangeeveki.Kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya, iinqwelomoya zinokujongana nokulibaziseka okungapheliyo ngelixa zilinde ukukhenkcezwa zizinyibilikisi eziyityhefu zekhemikhali.
Ngoku, nangona kunjalo, abaphandi baseCanada bafumene isisombululo kwingxaki yabo ye-icing yasebusika kumthombo ongalindelekanga: i-gentoo penguin.
Kuphononongo olupapashwe kule veki, izazinzulu kwiYunivesithi yaseMcGill eMontreal ziye zatyhila ucingoumnathaUlwakhiwo olunokuthi lujikelezwe ngeentambo zombane, icala lesikhephe okanye inqwelomoya kwaye luthintele umkhenkce ukuba ungancamathele ngaphandle kokusebenzisa imichiza.umphezulu.
Izazinzulu ziye zakhuthazwa kumaphiko oonombombiya abaqubha kumanzi anomkhenkce kufuphi neAntarctica, nto leyo ebavumelayo ukuba bahlale kungekho mkhenkce naxa amaqondo obushushu angaphandle engaphantsi kweqondo lomkhenkce.
“Izilwanyana … zisebenzisana nendalo ngendlela efana neZen,” uAnn Kitzig, umphandi ophambili kolu phando, watsho kudliwano-ndlebe."Inokuba yinto yokubukela kunye nokuphindaphinda."
Kanye njengokuba utshintsho lwemozulu lusenza ukuba izaqhwithi zasebusika zibe namandla ngakumbi, kunjalo nangomkhenkce.Iqhwa kunye neqhwa zaphazamisa ubomi bemihla ngemihla eTexas kunyaka odlulileyo, ukuvala igridi yamandla, ukushiya izigidi ngaphandle kobushushu, ukutya kunye namanzi iintsuku kunye nokubulala amakhulu.
Izazinzulu, amagosa edolophu kunye neenkokheli zoshishino kudala zisebenza ukuqinisekisa ukuba izaqhwithi zomkhenkce aziphazamisi izithuthi zasebusika.Baneepakethe zokususa iingcingo zomkhenkce, iiinjini zomoya, kunye namaphiko enqwelo-moya, okanye baxhomekeke kwizinyibilikisi zeekhemikhali ukuze bawususe ngokukhawuleza umkhenkce.
Kodwa iingcali ze-de-icing zithi ezi zilungiso zishiya okuninzi kunqweneleka.Ubomi beshelufu yezinto zokupakisha bufutshane.Ukusetyenziswa kwemichiza kudla ixesha kwaye kuyingozi kwindalo esingqongileyo.
UKitziger, ophando lwakhe lujolise ekusebenziseni indalo ukusombulula iingxaki ezintsonkothileyo zabantu, uchithe iminyaka ezama ukufumana iindlela ezingcono zokulawula umkhenkce.Ekuqaleni, wayecinga ukuba igqabi lelotus linokuba ngumgqatswa ngenxa yokukhupha amanzi endalo kunye namandla okuzicoca.Kodwa oosonzululwazi baqonda ukuba ayizukusebenza kwiimeko zemvula enkulu, utshilo.
Emva koko, uKitzger kunye neqela lakhe bandwendwela indawo yogcino-zilwanyana eMontreal, apho iipenguin zihlala khona.Bachukunyiswa ziintsiba zoonombombiya baza bafunda kunye ukuyilwa kwayo.
Bafumanise ukuba iintsiba ziwuvala umkhenkce ngokwendalo.UMichael Wood, umphandi weprojekthi kunye noKitzger, uthe ukucwangciswa komgangatho weentsiba kubavumela ukuba bawacime amanzi ngokwendalo, kwaye imiphezulu yabo yendalo inciphisa ukuncamathela komkhenkce.
Abaphandi baphindaphinda olu yilo besebenzisa itekhnoloji yelaser ukwenza ucingo olulukiweyoumnatha.Bandula ke bavavanya ukuncamathela komnatha kumkhenkce kwitonela lomoya baza bafumanisa ukuba awuxhathisi umkhenkce ngama-95 ekhulwini kunomgangatho oqhelekileyo wentsimbi engenakutyiwa.Izinyibilikisi zemichiza nazo azifuneki, zongeza.
Umnatha unokudityaniswa namaphiko eenqwelomoya, utshilo uKitziger, kodwa imiba enemigaqo yokhuseleko lomoya iya kwenza utshintsho olulolo hlobo lube nzima ukuphumeza naliphi na ixesha kungekudala.
“Eyona nto ibangela umdla kwesi sisombululo sichasene ne-icing kukuba lucingoumnathaoko kuyenza yomelele,” utshilo uKevin Golovin, unjingalwazi oncedisayo kubunjineli boomatshini kwiYunivesithi yaseToronto.
Ezinye izisombululo, ezifana nerabha enganyangekiyo ngumkhenkce okanye imiphezulu ephefumlelwe ngamagqabi elotus, ayizinzeki.
“Basebenza kakuhle kakhulu elebhu,” utshilo uGolovin, owayengabandakanyekanga kolu phando, “kwaye basasaza kakubi ngaphandle.”