Imifanekiso emitsha yeGreat Barrier Reef inayo ubonakalise owona monakalo ukuba utshintsho lwemozulu luvelisa iikorale. Inkqubo enkulu yekorale kwiplanethi, efikelela ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-2.200 kunxweme lwase-Australia, ichaphazeleke kakhulu kukunyuka kwamaqondo obushushu elwandle.
NgoMeyi, abaphandi bafumanise ukuba ngaphezulu kwesithathu sekorale kumbindi nakumantla engxondorha yayitshatyalalisiwe kwaye iipesenti ezingama-93 zemilwelwe nganye ichaphazele imeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-coral bleaching, apho amanzi ashushu abangela ukuba amakhorali ajike abe mhlophe.
Amakhorali axhomekeke ku ubudlelwane obunxulumene ngohlobo lweselgae protozoan algae, ke xa ziphela, iikorale ziyayeka ukukhula kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe ziyafa.
Kwaye uphando olutsha lubonisa ukuba umonakalo wenziwe iimeko ziye zaba mbi Ukubuyiselwa kweekorale ngokwazo. UAmanda McKenzie, u-CEO weBhunga lemozulu laseAustralia, uthe ekuqaleni konyaka ukuba ingqaqa yayiphila nge-110%, kodwa uphando olutsha lwenza ukuba loo magama angabikho. Okokugqibela kwafuneka ukuba ibe nguye ngokwakhe owakhankanya indlela uninzi lwengqaqa olusweleke ngayo.
Yena ngokwakhe uthi isiqingatha seekorale ezimhlophe ebekhe wayindwendwela kwi Amakhilomitha angama-54 ukusuka kwiPort Douglas, wayefile nje. Ezona korale ziethe-ethe zezona zichaphazeleke kakhulu, njengoko kunjalo ngeekorale zesilivere.
Kananjalo izilwanyana zaselwandle ezinala makorale njengendawo abahlala kuyo, nazo iye yachaphazeleka njengoko kusenzeka kwiintlanzi ezineentlobo ezimbalwa zezilwanyana ezihlala kuzo.
Iikorale ezimhlophe ezingafanga zinokuphinda zibuye, kodwa ezinye izixhobo ezinomthunzi zinokuphola kufuneka ngaphezulu kweshumi leminyaka ukubuyela kwimeko yayo yokuqala.
UMcKenzie uthi kunjalo isalathisi esicacileyo okwenzekayo ngoku ngokutshintsha kwemozulu. Ayisiyongxaki kwikamva, kodwa iziphumo zayo ngoku ziyintlekele kwindalo, kuba iGreat Barrier Reef iyaxabiseka isemajukujukwini.