Ukuvunjululwa kweyona Complex yaMadala yeApartment

NguWendy Williams
Ukugubungela iSimpoziyam ye-5 ye-International Deep Sea Coral, e-Amsterdam

"Iingqaqa zeCoral zamandulo" nguHeinrich Harder (1858-1935) (Ubugcisa obumangalisayo bePaleo bukaHeinrich Harder)

I-AMSTERDAM, NL, ngo-Epreli 3, 2012 — Ngaphezulu kancinane kwi-65 yezigidi zeminyaka eyadlulayo, i-meteor yantlitheka elwandle kufuphi nonxweme lwendawo ngoku eyiYucatan Peninsula yaseMexico. Siyazi ngesi siganeko kuba ungquzulwano ludale ugqabhuko-dubulo lwamandla olwenze i-ridium emhlabeni jikelele.

Emva kongquzulwano kwabakho ukuphela apho zonke iidinosaur (ngaphandle kweentaka) zanyamalala. Elwandle, ii-ammonite ezongamileyo zafa, njengoko zenjenjalo uninzi lwamarhamncwa aphambili afana neeplesiosaurs ezinkulu kakhulu. Malunga nama-80 ukusa kuma-90 ekhulwini ezilwanyana zaselwandle kusenokwenzeka ukuba ziye zatshabalala.

Kodwa ukuba iplanethi yasemva kongquzulwano yayilihlabathi lokufa - yayilihlabathi lamathuba.

Kwiminyaka nje yezigidi ezimbalwa kamva, kumgangatho onzulu wolwandle kwindawo ngoku eyidolophu yaseFaxe, eDenmark (yayiyixesha elishushu kakhulu kwiplanethi kunye namaqondo olwandle ayephezulu kakhulu), ezinye iikorale ezingaqhelekanga zaseka indawo. Baqala ukwakha iinduli ezikhula zibe banzi kwaye zinde kwiwaka leminyaka ngalinye, ekugqibeleni baba, kwindlela yethu yanamhlanje yokucinga, izakhiwo ezimangalisayo ezisamkela zonke iintlobo zezinto eziphilayo zaselwandle.

Iziduli zaba ziindawo zokuqokelela. Ezinye iikorale zajoyina inkqubo, kunye nezinye iintlobo ezininzi zezilwanyana zaselwandle. Dendrophylia candelabrum yangqineka isemagqabini njengesakhelo sokwakha. Ngexesha iplanethi ibanda kwakhona kwaye amanqanaba olwandle ehla kwaye ezi zindlu ze-coral zangaphambili, ezi Cities zangaphambili ze-Cenozoic Co-Op, zashiywa ziphezulu kwaye zomile, ngaphezu kwama-500 eentlobo ezahlukeneyo zaselwandle zazizinzile apha.

Dlulisa phambili kweyethu iNkulungwane yama-21. Ukwembiwa kwamashishini ixesha elide kudale "owona mngxuma mkhulu wenziwa ngumntu eDenmark," ngokutsho komphandi waseDenmark uBodil Wesenberg Lauridsen weDyunivesithi yaseCopenhagen, obethetha kwindibano yabaphandi bamanzi abandayo ababehlanganisene eAmsterdam kule veki.

Xa izazinzulu zaqala ukufunda lo "mngxuma" kunye nezinye izakhiwo ezikufutshane zejoloji, baqonda ukuba ezi zinduli zekorale zamandulo, ezisusela kwiminyaka engama-63 yezigidi, zezona zindala zaziwayo kwaye zinokuphawula inqanaba lokuqala lokusasazeka kwemitha ye-eco-structure esanda kuvela.

Kwiintlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezafunyanwa zizazinzulu “kwizakhiwo zezindlu” zamandulo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uninzi lwazo azikachazwa.

Ngaphezu koko, isazinzulu saseDanish sixelele abaphulaphuli bakhe, iifosili ezininzi ngakumbi zisesezindulini, zilindele ukufunyanwa. Kwezinye iindawo, ukugcinwa kweziduli akukhange kube kuhle, kodwa amanye amacandelo eenduli abonisa iindawo eziphambili zophononongo.

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