Tahun 2040 : 2.000 pulau tenggelam

Mungkin Anda menduga, udara yang akhir-akhir ini makin panas, bukanlah suatu masalah yang perlu kita risaukan.
“Mana mungkin sih tindakan satu-dua makhluk hidup di jagat semesta bisa mengganggu kondisi planet bumi yang mahabesar ini?” barangkali begitulah Anda berpikir.

Baru-baru ini, Inter-governmental Panel on Cimate Change (IPCC) memublikasikan hasil pengamatan ilmuwan dari berbagai negara. Isinya sangat mengejutkan. Selama tahun 1990-2005, ternyata telah terjadi peningkatan suhu merata di seluruh bagian bumi, antara 0,15 – 0,3o C. Jika peningkatan suhu itu terus berlanjut, diperkirakan pada tahun 2040 (33 tahun dari sekarang) lapisan es di kutub-kutub bumi akan habis meleleh. Dan jika bumi masih terus memanas, pada tahun 2050 akan terjadi kekurangan air tawar, sehingga kelaparan pun akan meluas di seantero jagat. Udara akan sangat panas, jutaan orang berebut air dan makanan. Napas tersengal oleh asap dan debu. Rumah-rumah di pesisir terendam air laut. Luapan air laut makin lama makin luas, sehingga akhirnya menelan seluruh pulau. Harta benda akan lenyap, begitu pula nyawa manusia.

Di Indonesia, gejala serupa sudah terjadi. Sepanjang tahun 1980-2002, suhu minimum kota Polonia (Sumatera Utara) meningkat 0,17o C per tahun. Sementara, Denpasar mengalami peningkatan suhu maksimum hingga 0,87 o C per tahun. Tanda yang kasatmata adalah menghilangnya salju yang dulu menyelimuti satu-satunya tempat bersalju di Indonesia , yaitu Gunung Jayawijaya di Papua.

Hasil studi yang dilakukan ilmuwan di Pusat Pengembangan Kawasan Pesisir dan Laut, Institut Teknologi Bandung (2007), pun tak kalah mengerikan. Ternyata, permukaan air laut Teluk Jakarta meningkat setinggi 0,8 cm. Jika suhu bumi terus meningkat, maka diperkirakan, pada tahun 2050 daera-daerah di Jakarta (seperti : Kosambi, Penjaringan, dan Cilincing) dan Bekasi (seperti : Muaragembong, Babelan, dan Tarumajaya) akan terendam semuanya.

Dengan adanya gejala ini, sebagai warga negara kepulauan, sudah seharusnya kita khawatir. Pasalnya, pemanasan global mengancam kedaulatan negara. Es yang meleleh di kutub-kutub mengalir ke laut lepas dan menyebabkan permukaan laut bumi – termasuk laut di seputar Indonesia – terus meningkat. Pulau-pulau kecil terluar kita bisa lenyap dari peta bumi, sehingga garis kedaulatan negara bisa menyusut. Dan diperkirakan dalam 30 tahun mendatang sekitar 2.000 pulau di Indonesia akan tenggelam. Bukan hanya itu, jutaan orang yang tinggal di pesisir pulau kecil pun akan kehilangan tempat tinggal. Begitu pula asset-asset usaha wisata pantai.

Peneliti senior dari Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), menjelaskan, pemanasan global adalah kejadian terperangkapnya radiasi gelombang panjang matahari (disebut juga gelombang panas / inframerah) yang dipancarkan bumi oleh gas-gas rumah kaca (efek rumah kaca adalah istilah untuk panas yang terperangkap di dalam atmosfer bumi dan tidak bisa menyebar). Gas-gas ini secara alami terdapat di udara (atmosfer). Penipisan lapisan ozon juga memperpanas suhu bumi. Karena, makin tipis lapisan lapisan teratas atmosfer, makin leluasa radiasi gelombang pendek matahari (termasuk ultraviolet) memasuki bumi. Pada gilirannya, radiasi gelombang pendek ini juga berubah menjadi gelombang panas, sehingga kian meningkatkan konsentrasi gas rumah kaca tadi.

Karbondioksida (CO2) adalah gas terbanyak (75%) penyumbang emisi gas rumah kaca. Setiap kali kita menggunakan bahan bakar fosil (minyak, bensin, gas alam, batubara) untuk keperluan rumah tangga, mobil, pabrik, ataupun membakar hutan, otomatis kita melepaskan CO2 ke udara. Gas lain yang juga masuk peringkat atas adalah metan (CH4,18%), ozone (O3,12%), dan clorofluorocarbon (CFC,14%). Gas metan banyak dihasilkan dari proses pembusukan materi organic seperti yang banyak terjadi di peternakan sapi. Gas metan juga dihasilkan dari penggunaan BBM untuk kendaraan. Sementara itu, emisi gas CFC banyak timbul dari sistem kerja kulkas dan AC model lama. Bersama gas-gas lain, uap air ikut meningkatkan suhu rumah kaca.

Gejala sangat kentara dari pemanasan global adalah berubahnya iklim. Contohnya, hujan deras masih sering datang, meski kini kita sudah memasuki bulan yang seharusnya sudah terhitung musim kemarau. Menurut perkiraan, dalam 30 tahun terakhir, pergantian musim kemarau ke musim hujan terus bergeser, dan kini jaraknya berselisih nyaris sebulan dari normal. Banyak orang menganggap, banjir besar bulan Februari lalu yang merendam lebih dari separuh DKI Jakarta adalah akibat dari pemanasan global saja. Padahal 35% rusaknya hutan kota dan hutan di Puncak adalah penyebab makin panasnya udara Jakarta . Itu sebabnya, kerusakan hutan di Indonesia bukan hanya menjadi masalah warga Indonesia , melainkan juga warga dunia. Direktur Eksekutif Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi), mengatakan, Indonesia pantas malu karena telah menjadi Negara terbesar ke-3 di dunia sebagai penyumbang gas rumah kaca dari kebakaran hutan dan pembakaran lahan gambut (yang diubah menjadi permukiman atau
hutan industri). Jika kita tidak bisa menyelamatkan mulai dari sekarang, 5 tahun lagi hutan di Sumatera akan habis, 10 tahun lagi hutan Kalimantan yang habis, 15 tahun lagi hutan di seluruh Indonesia tak tersisa. Di saat itu, anak-anak kita tak lagi bisa menghirup udara bersih.

Jika kita tidak secepatnya berhenti boros energi, bumi akan sepanas planet Mars. Tak akan ada satupun makhluk hidup yang bisa bertahan, termasuk anak-anak kita nanti.

Cara-cara praktis dan sederhana ‘mendinginkan’ bumi :

1. Matikan listrik (jika tidak digunakan, jangan tinggalkan alat elektronik dalam keadaan standby. Cabut charger telp. genggam dari stop kontak. Meski listrik tak mengeluarkan emisi karbon, pembangkit listrik PLN menggunakan bahan baker fosil penyumbang besar emisi).
2. Ganti bohlam lampu (ke jenis CFL, sesuai daya listrik. Meski harganya agak mahal, lampu ini lebih hemat listrik dan awet).
3. Bersihkan lampu (debu bisa mengurangi tingkat penerangan hingga 5%).
4. Jika terpaksa memakai AC (tutup pintu dan jendela selama AC menyala. Atur suhu sejuk secukupnya, sekitar 21-24o C).
5. Gunakan timer (untuk AC, microwave, oven, magic jar, dll).
6. Alihkan panas limbah mesin AC untuk mengoperasikan water-heater.
7. Tanam pohon di lingkungan sekitar Anda.
8. Jemur pakaian di luar. Angin dan panas matahari lebih baik ketimbang memakai mesin (dryer) yang banyak mengeluarkan emisi karbon.
9. Gunakan kendaraan umum (untuk mengurangi polusi udara).
10. Hemat penggunaan kertas (bahan bakunya berasal dari kayu).
11. Say no to plastic. Hampir semua sampah plastic menghasilkan gas berbahaya ketika dibakar. Atau Anda juga dapat membantu mengumpulkannya untuk didaur ulang kembali.
12। Sebarkan berita ini kepada orang-orang di sekitar Anda, agar mereka turut berperan serta dalam menyelamatkan bumi.

In 2040: 2,000 islands sink

Possibly A Nda suspected, air that lately was increasingly hot, not a problem that must be worried by us.

“Mana possibly the action of one or two living creatures could in the universe disrupt the condition for the planet earth that mahabesar this? ” perhaps such was you thought.

Recently, Inter-governmental the Panel ounce Cimate Change (IPCC) memublikasikan results of observation of the scientist of various countries. His contents was very startling. For the year 1990-2005, evidently the increase in the equitable temperature throughout the earth part, between 0.15 of – 0,3o C. If the increase in the temperature continued to continue, it was estimated during 2040 happened (33 years from now) the layer of ice will in the earth poles be finished trickled. And if the earth was still continuing to heat up, during 2050 the lack of the fresh water will happen, so as to be hungry then will spread throughout the world. Air will be very hot, millions of people fought for water and food. The breath tersengal by the smoke and dust. Houses in the coast remained sea water. The overflowing of sea water was increasingly long increasingly wide, so as finally swallowed all the island. Property will vanish, so also the life of humankind.

In Indonesia, the similar sign has happened. Year round 1980-2002, the minimal temperature of the Polonia city (North Sumatra) increased by 0,17o C per the year. Now, Denpasar experienced the increase in the temperature of the maximum as far as 0.87 o C per the year. The sign that kasatmata was the disappearance of snow that previously covered the only snow-covered place in Indonesia, that is the Jayawijaya Mountain in Papua.

Results of the study that was carried out by the scientist in the Centre of the Development of the Pesisir Region and Sea, of Institut Teknologi Bandung (2007), then did not lose horrifying. Evidently, the surface of Jakarta water of Gulf sea increased be as high as 0,8 cm. If the temperature of the earth continued to increase, then was estimated, during 2050 daera-area in Jakarta (like: Kosambi, Penjaringan, and Cilincing) and Bekasi (like: Muaragembong, Babelan, and Tarumajaya) will remain all of them.

With the existence of this sign, as the citizen of the island, ought to we worried. His article, global warming threatened the sovereignty of the country. Ice that trickled in the poles flowed to the open sea and caused earth sea level – including sea around Indonesia – continued to increase. Our most outside small islands could vanish from the map of the earth, so as the line of the sovereignty of the country could shrink. And was estimated in the next 30 years approximately 2,000 islands will in Indonesia sink. Not only that, millions of people who lived in the small island coast then will lose the residence. So also assets of efforts of the coastal tour.

The senior researcher from Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), explained, global warming was the incident was trapped him long wave radiation of the sun (was acknowledged also as the hot wave/inframerah) that was spouted the earth by greenhouse gases (the greenhouse effect was the term to hot that was trapped in the atmosphere of the earth and could not spread). These gases were naturally gotten in air (the atmosphere). Penipisan the layer of ozone also memperpanas the temperature of the earth. Because, increasingly thin the layer of the highest layer of the atmosphere, increasingly free radiation of sun short wave (including ultraviolet) entered the earth. In turn, this short-wave radiation also changed to the hot wave, so as increasingly increased the concentration of these greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) was most gas (75%) the contributor of greenhouse gases emissions.

Every time we used the fossil fuel (oil, the petrol, natural gas, coal) for the need of the household, the car, the factory, or burnt the forest, automatic we released CO2 to air.

Other gas that also entered the upper level was methane (CH4,18%), ozone (O3,12%), and clorofluorocarbon (CFC,14%).

Methane gas was often produced from the process of the disintegration of material organic like that often happened in cattle livestock breeding.

Methane gas was also produced from the use of FUEL OIL for the vehicle.

In the meantime, CFC gas emissions often emerged from the work system of the refrigerator and AC the long model.

With other gases, steam took part in increasing the temperature of the greenhouse.

The sign was very visible from global warming was the change in the climate.

For example, heavy rain still often was coming, although currently we have entered the month that necessarily has been counted the dry season.

According to the estimate, for the last 30 years, the change in the dry season to the rain season continued to shift, and currently his distance quarrelled almost a month from normal.

Many people regarded, the big flood last February that soaked more than half of the Special Capital District of Jakarta was resulting from from global warming then.

In fact 35% destruction of the city forest and the forest in Puncak was the cause was increasingly hot him Jakarta air.

That was the reason, forest damage in Indonesia not only became the problem of the Indonesian resident, but also citizens of the world.

Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia Executive Director (Walhi), said, Indonesia appropriate embarrassed because of becoming the biggest Country of the 3 in the world as the greenhouse gases contributor from forest fire and the burning of the peat land (that was changed into the settlement or the industrial forest).

If we could not rescue beginning with now, 5 years more the forest will in Sumatra be finished, 10 years more the Kalimantan forest that was finished, 15 years more the forest all over Indonesia did not remain.

When that, our children could no longer take a walk in the fresh air clean.

If we as soon as possible did not stop wasteful energy, the earth will be as hot as the March planet.NotWill not be any living creatures that can remain, including our children later.

Practical and simple methods ‘mendinginkan the earth:

1.Turn off electricity (if being not used, don't leave the electronic device in the situation standby.
Have leave charger telp. the fist from stopping contact.
Although electricity did not dismiss carbon emissions, the PLN electricity generator used the material baker the contributor's big fossil emissions).
२.The substitute bohlam light (to the CFL kind, in accordance with the electricity power.
Although his price was rather expensive, this light was more frugal electricity and durable).
3.Clean light (dust could reduce the level of information as far as 5%).
4.If be forced used AC (closed the door and the window during AC was on.
Arrange the adequate cool temperature, around 21-24o C).
5.Used timer (to AC, microwave, the oven, magic jar, etc.).
6.Shifted hot the waste of the machine AC to operate water-heater.
7.Plant the tree in the environment around you.
8.Put in the sun to dry clothes outside.The wind and heat of the sun were better compared with using the machine (dryer) that often dismissed carbon emissions.
9.Use public transport (to reduce pollution of air).
10.It was frugal that the use of paper (his raw material came from wood).
11.Say no to plastic.Almost all the wastes plastic produced dangerous gas when being burnt.
Or And You Too could help gathered him to didaur again repeated.
12.Spread this news to people in and around you, so that they take part in participating in rescuing the earth.

dukutip dari

Fitriah Rosmala Dewi (Wiwi)

Secretary of Commissioner

PT. MNC Networks

Menara Kebon Sirih Lt. 15

Email : fitriah.dewi@mncnetworks.com

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