Eyona nto ibhetele, i-red California i-red can be like mesmerizing as the Dance Lights in the dancing of winter, i-summertime blow of fireflies, okanye ukuzonwabisa okulula kwintsimbi yedola. Eyona nto ibuhlungu kakhulu, iingubo zaseCalifornia zamabhantshi ezinomsizi ocolileyo, ogqithiseleyo okhangeleka njengemiphumo yombhobho onobumba oneminyaka emibili ubudala kunye novumba.
Kutheni ufuna ukukwazi malunga nomjelo obomvu ukuba uya e-California yonxweme?
Ukuba kwenzeka, ungafuna ukubona ulwandle lukhanya ebusuku. Musa nje ukuvumela ukutshatyalaliswa kwezithombe ezide kunye nokuguqulwa kwe-hyper-exagger on Instagram okanye Flickr. Kubukeka kumntu, isiphumo sinengqondo ngaphezu kokuqhayisa. Uyabona oko kubonakala ngathi kukuhle kwividiyo ye-YouTube okanye ubukele le nto kwi-ABC News.
Ngethuba lemini, kukulungele ukukhusela indawo echaphazelekayo ngamanzi amnyama. Iziko lezeMpilo zeSizwe zithi iindidi ezibangela ukuba zibenokubangela "into ekhethekileyo, iphunga elinamandla." Oku kunokuba kungaphantsi. Ukuba uhamba olwandle oluchaphazelekayo ngemini, uya kugcina ubambe impumlo yakho kwaye uzibuze ukuba yintoni edala loo nto ephazamisayo.
Yintoni iTide Red?
Ngokugqithisileyo, igama elithi "umzila obomvu" lithetha ngokungalunganga njengoko lunokufumana. E-California, akusoloko ebomvu. Kwaye akukho nto inokuyenza ngokunyuka kwenyanga kunye nokuwa. Enyanisweni, kunokwenzeka nanini na.
Izidalwa zezilwandle ezincinci ezibizwa ngokuthi i-dinoflagellates zenza le nto.
Xa izimo zihambelana, zanda ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba le ntlobo ibomvu, ingenza amanzi abukeke obomvu.
Kodwa yinto eyenzeka ebusuku eyenza imilingo ebomvu. Ezi zilwanyana ezincinane zikhanya ngombala obomvu-bhanya xa zishukunyiswa. UWhan umtsalane uphazamisa ebusuku, baninzi banokukwenza oko kanye ukuze ubone ukukhanya okugqithisileyo kokukhanyisa ukukhanya okugqithisiweyo.
Mhlawumbi kungenxa yokuba basondele kakhulu kwiziko loononophelo, kodwa kungathi nje ukuba abo basolwandle abancinci bazi ukuba nini ukulungela ukusebenza kwabo. Izinto ezivelisa i-bioluminescence yazo zonakaliswa imihla ngemihla kwaye zihlaziywa nje ngexesha lokuba kubonakale ukukhanya kokukhanya kwemvelo emva kokumnyama. Kutheni bavutha? Akukho mntu ubonakala uyazi ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa ezinye izazinzulu zicinga ukuba kungenjalo ukulungelelanisa okubanceda ukuba baqale ukuxhamla iintshaba.
Abantu abambalwa bawabiza ngokuba ngumjelo obomvu xa amaninzi amanqanawa alubomvu, atyhutyha kuwo wonke unxweme. U-Tha uyinto enomdla ukubona, kodwa ayiyi kubangela ukuba amanzi aphumele. Yaye loo maqabunga amancinci ahohla ngakumbi kunokuba i-dumpster ilandelelanise ne-foodfood yangaphakathi xa iqala ukubola.
Njani kunye Nini ukubona i-Red Tide eCalifornia
Amanxweme alubomvu angenzeka naphina naphaphini lwaseCalifornia. Enye yezona zikhulu nakwezona zide kakhulu ezenzeke ngaseMonterey ngo-2016. Ziyaqhelekileyo apho ukushisa kwamanzi kushushu, phakathi kweSanta Barbara neSan Diego. Unxweme eLa Laolla ngasentla kweSan Diego ngowona wezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokuzibona kwaye zihlala zibhaliswe kwiindawo ezilungileyo kwihlabathi ukubona ulwandle lukhanya. Amaza aqhaqhaqhaqhaqhaqhelo ahlala rhoqo kwiiLwandle zase-Orange County.
I-maride ebomvu ixhaphake kakhulu ngoFebruwari, ngoMatshi, ngo-Agasti, nangomhla kaSeptemba, kodwa akunakwenzeka ukuqikelela ngokuthe ngqo xa kuya kwenzeka, okanye kuza kube nini ixesha elide. Indlela elula yokufumana ukuba enye iqhubekayo ukukhangela iindaba zendawo malunga nomzila obomvu eCalifornia.
Ukukhanya kuya kubonakala kunzulu xa isibhakabhaka singumnyama: ngobusuku obungenanga inyanga okanye xa inyanga intsha. Khangela ulwandle kunye namaza amaninzi aphulaphulayo.
Ngaba i-Red Tide iyingozi?
Ngokuqhelekileyo, iifarasi ezibomvu zaseCalifornia ziyingozi kunokuba zenzeke eFlorida. Ngamanye amaxesha, i-tide yaseRalifornia ibomvu ayinakulimala ngokupheleleyo. Ngaphantsi kwezinye iimeko, ii-microorganisms zikhulula iinxephe ezinobungozi ezinokuyicaphukisa isikhumba. Uya kufumana izilumkiso malunga nokuthunyelwa kuyo nayiphi na ulwandle oluchaphazelekayo. Ukubethelwa kwakho kukugqithisa ukuphuma ngaphandle kwamanzi ukuba kubonakala kubomvu obomvu.