{"id":8628,"date":"2023-09-08T11:43:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/climate-change-worsening-heatwaves-air-quality-un\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:43:40","slug":"mabadiliko-ya-hali-ya-hewa-kuzidisha-mawimbi-ya-joto-ubora-wa-hewa-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/mabadiliko-ya-hali-ya-hewa-kuzidisha-mawimbi-ya-joto-ubora-wa-hewa-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Mabadiliko ya Tabianchi Yanayozidi Kuongezeka Mawimbi ya Joto, Ubora wa Hewa: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/climate-change-worsening-heatwaves-air-quality-un.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanasababisha mawimbi ya joto kali zaidi na ya mara kwa mara, ambayo kwa upande wake yanazalisha &quot;kinywaji cha wachawi&quot; cha uchafuzi wa mazingira, unaotishia afya ya binadamu na viumbe vyote vilivyo hai, Umoja wa Mataifa ulionya Jumatano.<\/p>\n<p>Moshi wa moto wa mwituni ambao hivi majuzi ulizizima majiji kutoka Athens hadi New York unaweza kuwa ishara inayoonekana zaidi ya uchafuzi wa hewa unaosababishwa na mawimbi ya joto.<\/p>\n<p>Lakini joto kali linaweza pia kusababisha michakato mingine mingi ya kemikali ambayo ni hatari kwa afya ya binadamu, Shirika la Hali ya Hewa Duniani (WMO) lilisema katika Taarifa ya Ubora wa Hewa na Hali ya Hewa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mawimbi ya joto yanazidisha ubora wa hewa, na kuathiri afya ya binadamu, mazingira, kilimo na maisha yetu ya kila siku,&quot; mkuu wa WMO Petteri Taalas alisema katika taarifa.<\/p>\n<p>Utafiti mpya wa Taasisi ya Sera ya Nishati katika Chuo Kikuu cha Chicago ulipendekeza kuwa uchafuzi mzuri wa chembechembe kutoka kwa vyanzo kama vile uzalishaji wa magari na viwandani, mchanga na moto wa mwituni ni &quot;tishio kubwa zaidi la nje kwa afya ya umma&quot; ulimwenguni kote.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na ubora wa hewa hauwezi kutibiwa tofauti,&quot; Taalas alisisitiza.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Zinashikana mikono na lazima zishughulikiwe pamoja ili kuvunja mzunguko huu mbaya.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Wakati ripoti ya Jumatano ilitokana na data ya 2022, Taalas alionya kuwa kwa hali ya joto, &quot;kile tunachoshuhudia mwaka wa 2023 ni cha juu zaidi&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Siku ya Jumatano, mchunguzi wa hali ya hewa wa Umoja wa Ulaya wa Copernicus alisema mwaka 2023 huenda ukawa mwaka wa joto zaidi katika historia ya binadamu, baada ya miezi mitatu iliyopita kuwa na joto zaidi kuwahi kurekodiwa.<\/p>\n<p>Hiyo, kwa upande wake, inaweza kuwa habari mbaya kwa ubora wa hewa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ubora wa hewa na hali ya hewa vimeunganishwa kwa sababu aina za kemikali zinazoathiri zote zimeunganishwa,&quot; WMO ilisema.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Vitu vinavyohusika na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na uharibifu wa ubora wa hewa mara nyingi hutolewa na vyanzo sawa, na ... mabadiliko katika moja husababisha mabadiliko katika nyingine.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Ilielekeza kwa mfano jinsi mwako wa mafuta ya kisukuku hutoa kaboni dioksidi na oksidi ya nitrojeni kwenye angahewa.<\/p>\n<p>Hizi si gesi chafuzi zinazonasa joto pekee bali vitangulizi vinavyowezekana vya uchafuzi wa mazingira kama vile ozoni na erosoli za nitrate.<\/p>\n<p>Watafiti wakati huo huo wanakubali sana kwamba mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanasababisha joto kali zaidi na la mara kwa mara, na kwamba hii inasababisha hatari inayoongezeka ya moto mkali zaidi, WMO ilisema.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mawimbi ya joto na moto wa nyikani vina uhusiano wa karibu,&quot; alisema Lorenzo Labrador, mtafiti wa WMO katika mtandao wa Global Atmosphere Watch ambao uliandaa Bulletin ya Jumatano.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Moshi unaotokana na moto wa mwituni una kemikali ya wachawi ambayo huathiri sio tu ubora wa hewa na afya, lakini pia huharibu mimea, mazingira na mazao - na kusababisha uzalishaji zaidi wa kaboni na gesi chafu zaidi angani,&quot; alisema katika taarifa hiyo.<\/p>\n<p>Alisisitiza ingawa &quot;bado ni mapema sana kusema&quot; ikiwa 2023 ingeonekana kuwa mbaya zaidi katika suala la uchafuzi wa anga kuliko mwaka jana.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ingawa huu umekuwa msimu wa moto wa mwituni uliovunja rekodi, haswa Ulaya na magharibi mwa Kanada, ... uhusiano na mwingiliano na michakato ya kemikali inayounganisha mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na uchafuzi wa anga sio sawa,&quot; aliwaambia waandishi wa habari huko Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>Takwimu za 2022 zilizoelezewa katika ripoti hiyo zilionyesha jinsi mawimbi ya joto mwaka jana yalisababisha moto wa nyika Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Merika, na kusababisha hewa mbaya.<\/p>\n<p>Kuongezeka kwa halijoto barani Ulaya, kukiambatana na kiwango kikubwa kisicho cha kawaida cha vumbi la jangwani kufikia bara hilo, wakati huo huo kulisababisha kuongezeka kwa viwango vya chembechembe na ozoni ya kiwango cha ardhini, ilisema.<\/p>\n<p>Ozoni ya stratospheric husaidia kulinda wanadamu na mimea kutokana na miale hatari ya urujuanimno kutoka kwa jua.<\/p>\n<p>Lakini katika ngazi ya chini, ambapo inatolewa na mmenyuko kati ya mafusho ya trafiki na mwanga wa jua, gesi hushambulia tishu za mapafu, na kusababisha maumivu ya kifua, kukohoa na upungufu wa kupumua.<\/p>\n<p>Pia inapunguza mavuno ya mazao, na hasara inayotokana na ozoni ikiwa wastani wa asilimia 4.4-12.4 duniani kote kwa mazao ya chakula kikuu, na upotevu wa ngano na soya hadi asilimia 15-30 katika sehemu za India na Uchina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/climate-change-worsening-heatwaves-air-quality-un-470762\">Chanzo cha matibabu cha kila siku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/climate-change-worsening-heatwaves-air-quality-un.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanasababisha mawimbi ya joto kali zaidi na ya mara kwa mara, ambayo kwa upande wake yanazalisha &quot;kinywaji cha wachawi&quot; cha uchafuzi wa mazingira, unaotishia afya ya binadamu na viumbe vyote vilivyo hai, Umoja wa Mataifa ulionya Jumatano.<\/p>\n<p>Moshi wa moto wa mwituni ambao hivi majuzi ulizizima majiji kutoka Athens hadi New York unaweza kuwa ishara inayoonekana zaidi ya uchafuzi wa hewa unaosababishwa na mawimbi ya joto.<\/p>\n<p>Lakini joto kali linaweza pia kusababisha michakato mingine mingi ya kemikali ambayo ni hatari kwa afya ya binadamu, Shirika la Hali ya Hewa Duniani (WMO) lilisema katika Taarifa ya Ubora wa Hewa na Hali ya Hewa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mawimbi ya joto yanazidisha ubora wa hewa, na kuathiri afya ya binadamu, mazingira, kilimo na maisha yetu ya kila siku,&quot; mkuu wa WMO Petteri Taalas alisema katika taarifa.<\/p>\n<p>Utafiti mpya wa Taasisi ya Sera ya Nishati katika Chuo Kikuu cha Chicago ulipendekeza kuwa uchafuzi mzuri wa chembechembe kutoka kwa vyanzo kama vile uzalishaji wa magari na viwandani, mchanga na moto wa mwituni ni &quot;tishio kubwa zaidi la nje kwa afya ya umma&quot; ulimwenguni kote.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na ubora wa hewa hauwezi kutibiwa tofauti,&quot; Taalas alisisitiza.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Zinashikana mikono na lazima zishughulikiwe pamoja ili kuvunja mzunguko huu mbaya.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Wakati ripoti ya Jumatano ilitokana na data ya 2022, Taalas alionya kuwa kwa hali ya joto, &quot;kile tunachoshuhudia mwaka wa 2023 ni cha juu zaidi&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Siku ya Jumatano, mchunguzi wa hali ya hewa wa Umoja wa Ulaya wa Copernicus alisema mwaka 2023 huenda ukawa mwaka wa joto zaidi katika historia ya binadamu, baada ya miezi mitatu iliyopita kuwa na joto zaidi kuwahi kurekodiwa.<\/p>\n<p>Hiyo, kwa upande wake, inaweza kuwa habari mbaya kwa ubora wa hewa.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ubora wa hewa na hali ya hewa vimeunganishwa kwa sababu aina za kemikali zinazoathiri zote zimeunganishwa,&quot; WMO ilisema.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Vitu vinavyohusika na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na uharibifu wa ubora wa hewa mara nyingi hutolewa na vyanzo sawa, na ... mabadiliko katika moja husababisha mabadiliko katika nyingine.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Ilielekeza kwa mfano jinsi mwako wa mafuta ya kisukuku hutoa kaboni dioksidi na oksidi ya nitrojeni kwenye angahewa.<\/p>\n<p>Hizi si gesi chafuzi zinazonasa joto pekee bali vitangulizi vinavyowezekana vya uchafuzi wa mazingira kama vile ozoni na erosoli za nitrate.<\/p>\n<p>Watafiti wakati huo huo wanakubali sana kwamba mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa yanasababisha joto kali zaidi na la mara kwa mara, na kwamba hii inasababisha hatari inayoongezeka ya moto mkali zaidi, WMO ilisema.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Mawimbi ya joto na moto wa nyikani vina uhusiano wa karibu,&quot; alisema Lorenzo Labrador, mtafiti wa WMO katika mtandao wa Global Atmosphere Watch ambao uliandaa Bulletin ya Jumatano.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Moshi unaotokana na moto wa mwituni una kemikali ya wachawi ambayo huathiri sio tu ubora wa hewa na afya, lakini pia huharibu mimea, mazingira na mazao - na kusababisha uzalishaji zaidi wa kaboni na gesi chafu zaidi angani,&quot; alisema katika taarifa hiyo.<\/p>\n<p>Alisisitiza ingawa &quot;bado ni mapema sana kusema&quot; ikiwa 2023 ingeonekana kuwa mbaya zaidi katika suala la uchafuzi wa anga kuliko mwaka jana.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Ingawa huu umekuwa msimu wa moto wa mwituni uliovunja rekodi, haswa Ulaya na magharibi mwa Kanada, ... uhusiano na mwingiliano na michakato ya kemikali inayounganisha mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na uchafuzi wa anga sio sawa,&quot; aliwaambia waandishi wa habari huko Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>Takwimu za 2022 zilizoelezewa katika ripoti hiyo zilionyesha jinsi mawimbi ya joto mwaka jana yalisababisha moto wa nyika Kaskazini Magharibi mwa Merika, na kusababisha hewa mbaya.<\/p>\n<p>Kuongezeka kwa halijoto barani Ulaya, kukiambatana na kiwango kikubwa kisicho cha kawaida cha vumbi la jangwani kufikia bara hilo, wakati huo huo kulisababisha kuongezeka kwa viwango vya chembechembe na ozoni ya kiwango cha ardhini, ilisema.<\/p>\n<p>Ozoni ya stratospheric husaidia kulinda wanadamu na mimea kutokana na miale hatari ya urujuanimno kutoka kwa jua.<\/p>\n<p>Lakini katika ngazi ya chini, ambapo inatolewa na mmenyuko kati ya mafusho ya trafiki na mwanga wa jua, gesi hushambulia tishu za mapafu, na kusababisha maumivu ya kifua, kukohoa na upungufu wa kupumua.<\/p>\n<p>Pia inapunguza mavuno ya mazao, na hasara inayotokana na ozoni ikiwa wastani wa asilimia 4.4-12.4 duniani kote kwa mazao ya chakula kikuu, na upotevu wa ngano na soya hadi asilimia 15-30 katika sehemu za India na Uchina.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8629,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/climate-change-worsening-heatwaves-air-quality-un.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Climate Change Worsening Heatwaves, Air Quality: UN - Urban Care Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/mabadiliko-ya-hali-ya-hewa-kuzidisha-mawimbi-ya-joto-ubora-wa-hewa-un\/\" \/>\n<meta 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responsible for climate change and for the degradation of air quality are often emitted by the same sources, and... changes in one inevitably cause changes in the other.&quot;It pointed for instance to how the combustion of fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide into the atmosphere.These are not only heat-trapping greenhouse gases but potential precursors of pollutants such as ozone and nitrate aerosols.Researchers meanwhile widely agree that climate change is causing more intense and more frequent heatwaves, and that this in turn is leading to a growing risk of more severe wildfires, WMO said.&quot;Heatwaves and wildfires are closely linked,&quot; said Lorenzo Labrador, a WMO researcher at the Global Atmosphere Watch network which compiled Wednesday&#039;s Bulletin.&quot;Smoke from wildfires contains a witch&#039;s brew of chemicals that affects not only air quality and health, but also damages plants, ecosystems and crops -- and leads to more carbon emissions and so 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