“Ehlobo, izinga leqhwa seliba yingxenye eyodwa kuphela kwezine uma liqhathaniswa nalokho elaliyikho eminyakeni engu-30 edlule,” kusho uPeter Wadhams, uprofesa wezimo zolwandle eYunivesithi yaseCambridge, eBrithani. Ngo-2012, imikhumbi engaba ngu-50 yasebenzisa umzila osoLwandle oluseNyakatho owavuleka ngenxa yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke.

Kuye kwatholakala ukuthi ubisi lwebele lomama abasanda kubeletha luqukethe izinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-700 zamabhaktheriya—okuyinani elikhulu kunalelo ebelilindelwe ochwepheshe. Abacwaningi basazama ukuthola ukuthi anayiphi inzuzo esimisweni sosana sokugaya ukudla nesamasosha omzimba.

Ocwaningweni lokushayela olwenziwe ososayensi baseBrithani kusetshenziswa i-computer kutholakale ukuthi abashayeli abasuke benomkhuhlane bayephuza ukuthatha isinyathelo uma beqhathaniswa nalabo abashayela bephuze utshwala.

I-Afrika ibhekene nalokho abanye abakubiza ngokuthi ukubulawa kwamashumi ezinkulungwane zezindlovu “okungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili” unyaka nonyaka ngenxa yezinyo lazo. Kwesinye isigameko, kwadutshulwa izindlovu eziningana okhakhayini, ngokusobala owayezidubula wayesendizeni enophephela emhlane.

IGreat Barrier Reef ilahlekelwe ingxenye yamakhorali ayo aphilayo kule minyaka engu-27 edlule. Ososayensi bathi ngokuyinhloko lo monakalo ubangelwa yiziphepho zasezindaweni ezishisayo, ukugcwala kwama-starfish anameva kanye nokulahlekelwa umbala kwamakhorali okubangelwa amazinga okushisa aphakeme asolwandle.