NgoJanuwari 2013, i-Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) Project yathola into emangalisayo eveze ukuba khona kwamaxhaphozi amakhulu ngaphansi kweqhwa lasentshonalanga ye-Antarctica okungenzeka kube nezinhlobo zezilwane ezingabonwa kunoma iyiphi enye ingxenye yalo mhlaba.
I-National Science Foundation ithumele ngokusemthethweni iProjekthi ye-WISSARD ukuthi iskene ngokusemthethweni ngaphansi kweqhwa lase-Antarctica njengoba abaningi bebekulindele lokhu ngokufudumala kwembulunga okuzayo, singakwazi ukufunda kabanzi mayelana nesikhathi sethu esidlule njengoba sisazi.
Lokhu kutholwa kwenziwa cishe ngamamitha angu-2,700 2,700 ngaphansi kweqhwa lapho bethi balandela iLake Whillans ukuze babone lapho ebaholela khona, kodwa bathola ukuthi kunesikhala esikhulu esikhona ngamamitha angu-XNUMX XNUMX ngaphansi kweqhwa.
Kuze kube manje, akukho okwaziwayo mayelana nalokhu kwakheka komhlaba ongaphansi komhlaba, kodwa abaningi banomuzwa wokuthi kungase kusho Umbono Womhlaba Ongenalutho ukuba neqiniso phela, njengoba kwandisa amathuba okuthi impucuko ethuthukile, eyinkimbinkimbi ingase ibe ngaphansi kobuso beplanethi yethu ngokuhambisana nathi.
Ubani owaziyo ukuthi yini eyenzakalayo ngaphansi kweqhwa laphakade lase-Antarctica? Mhlawumbe, uma sesingene emaxhaphozini, sizothola ezinye izinhlobo zempilo, njengama-aliens, izilwane ezihuquzelayo, noma ngisho nabantu abake bavukela izindinganiso zomphakathi wethu futhi bakhetha ukuzakhela elabo impucuko ngaphansi kwekhala lethu.
