Kankara a kan layukan wutar lantarki na iya yin barna, ta yadda mutane ba su da zafi da wutar lantarki tsawon makonni.A filayen tashi da saukar jiragen sama, jirage na iya fuskantar jinkiri mara iyaka yayin da suke jira a yi musu dusar ƙanƙara tare da kaushi mai guba.
Yanzu, duk da haka, masu binciken Kanada sun sami mafita ga matsalar icing na hunturu daga tushen da ba a yi tsammani ba: gentoo penguins.
A wani bincike da aka buga a wannan makon, masana kimiyya a jami’ar McGill da ke Montreal sun bayyana wata wayaragatsarin da za a iya nannade shi da layukan wutar lantarki, gefen jirgin ruwa ko ma jirgin sama da kuma hana kankara tsayawa ba tare da amfani da sinadarai ba.saman.
Masana kimiyya sun yi wahayi daga fuka-fukan gentoo penguins, waɗanda ke iyo a cikin ruwan ƙanƙara da ke kusa da Antarctica, wanda ke ba su damar kasancewa ba tare da ƙanƙara ba ko da yanayin zafi a waje ya yi ƙasa da daskarewa.
“Dabbobi… suna hulɗa da yanayi ta hanya mai kama da Zen,” Ann Kitzig, shugabar masu binciken, ta ce a cikin wata hira."Zai iya zama wani abu don kallo da kwafi."
Kamar yadda sauyin yanayi ke sa guguwar hunturu ta fi tsanani, haka nan guguwar kankara ke kara tsananta.Dusar ƙanƙara da ƙanƙara sun kawo cikas ga rayuwar yau da kullun a Texas a bara, tare da rufe tashar wutar lantarki, wanda ya bar miliyoyin mutane ba su da zafi, abinci da ruwa tsawon kwanaki tare da kashe ɗaruruwa.
Masana kimiyya, jami'an birni da shugabannin masana'antu sun dade suna aiki don tabbatar da cewa guguwar kankara ba ta kawo cikas ga safarar hunturu ba.Suna da fakitin da za a cire wayoyi daga kankara, injin turbin iska, da fuka-fukan jirgin sama, ko kuma sun dogara da abubuwan da ake kashewa don cire ƙanƙara da sauri.
Amma ƙwararrun masu cire ƙanƙara sun ce waɗannan gyare-gyaren sun bar abubuwa da yawa da za a so.Rayuwar shiryayye na kayan marufi gajere ne.Amfani da sinadarai yana ɗaukar lokaci kuma yana cutar da muhalli.
Kitziger, wanda bincikensa ya mayar da hankali kan yin amfani da yanayi don magance matsalolin ɗan adam, ya shafe shekaru yana ƙoƙarin nemo hanyoyin da suka dace don sarrafa kankara.Da farko, ta yi tunanin cewa ganyen magarya na iya zama ɗan takara saboda magudanar ruwa da kuma iya tsaftace kai.Amma masana kimiyya sun gane cewa ba zai yi aiki a yanayin ruwan sama mai yawa ba, in ji ta.
Bayan haka, Kitzger da tawagarta sun ziyarci gidan zoo a Montreal, inda gentoo penguins ke zaune.Fuka-fukan penguin sun burge su kuma sun yi nazarin ƙirar tare.
Sun gano cewa gashin fuka-fukan a zahiri suna toshe kankara.Michael Wood, mai bincike a kan aikin tare da Kitzger, ya ce tsarin tsarin gashin fuka-fukan yana ba su damar kawar da ruwa ta dabi'a, kuma shimfidarsu ta dabi'a tana rage manne kankara.
Masu binciken sun sake yin wannan zane ta hanyar amfani da fasahar Laser don ƙirƙirar waya da aka sakaraga.Daga nan sai suka gwada mannewar ragar zuwa kankara a cikin ramin iska kuma suka gano yana tsayayya da icing kashi 95 fiye da daidaitaccen saman bakin karfe.Sun kara da cewa, ba a buqatar abubuwan kaushi na sinadaran.
Hakanan za'a iya haɗa ragar ga fuka-fukan jirgin sama, in ji Kitziger, amma batutuwan da suka shafi ka'idojin kiyaye lafiyar iska na tarayya zai sa irin waɗannan sauye-sauyen ƙira su yi wahalar aiwatarwa nan ba da jimawa ba.
“Abin da ya fi daukar hankali a cikin wannan maganin maganin kankara shi ne wayaragahakan ya sa ya dore,” in ji Kevin Golovin, mataimakin farfesa a fannin injiniyan injiniya a Jami’ar Toronto.
Sauran hanyoyin magance su, kamar roba mai jure kankara ko shimfidar ganyen magarya, ba su dawwama.
"Suna aiki sosai a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje," in ji Golovin, wanda bai shiga cikin binciken ba, "kuma suna watsa shirye-shiryen da kyau a waje."