Kulo nyaka, isomiso sidale umonakalo omkhulu kwezolimo zaseRussia, ikakhulukazi ezithinta isivuno samazambane. Eningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-United States, isomiso siyinkinga eqhubekayo, ngakho-ke okwenzekayo kulesi sifunda ngamazambane kuyathakazelisa futhi kufanelekile kubalimi bezwe lethu.
Ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuNcwaba, 2021, i-UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change yashicilela umbiko omusha. Ababhali bayo bathi isimo sezulu e-US Southwest sizokhuphuka ngo-2 degrees maduze, futhi isomiso sizoba njalo emashumini eminyaka azayo. Ukwenyuka kwemvula enamandla kakhulu nakho kubikezelwa, okungase kubangele izikhukhula, njengoba kufakazelwa iziphazamiso zesimo sezulu saleli hlobo: izimvula ezinamandla kakhulu e-Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico nase-Utah.
Ngokumelene nalokhu, ososayensi nabaholi bomphakathi wamaNdiya aseMelika e-Utah baqale umkhankaso wokwethula kabusha uhlobo lwamazambane amelana nesomiso olwaziwa ngeSolanum jamesii njengekhambi lokudla elingaba yisixazululo kubantu abathintwe yimiphumela yokushintsha kwesimo sezulu.
Lolu hlobo lukwazi ukukhula endaweni eyome kakhulu futhi luqongelela amaprotheni aphindwe kathathu kanye ne-calcium ephindwe kabili kunamazambane esiwajwayele. Ingase futhi ihlale ithule iminyaka eminingi ezindaweni ezomile, imelane nezimo ezibandayo ezidlulele.
NgokukaLisbeth Lauderback, umnakekeli we-anthropology e-Utah Museum of Nature, lezi zitshalo zatshalwa abantu bomdabu, kuhlanganise nesizwe samaHopi, eminyakeni engaphezu kuka-11 edlule.
Manje inhlangano engenzi nzuzo i-Utah Diné Bikéyah (umsebenzi wayo ukulondoloza nokuvikela imithombo yamasiko nemvelo yamazwe okhokho baseMelika) yenza iphrojekthi yokukhulisa "amazambane okhokho babo." Ngokwesiko, amaNdiya azinakekela kahle izitshalo zamazambane futhi ayazisa ngokukhethekile. Ngokusekelwa ososayensi kanye nenani labantu bomdabu, lolu hlobo lwamazambane lunethuba lokululama.