Uunartoq Qeqertaq

Uunartoq Qeqertaq ( Greenlandic ), Tsibirin Warming a Turanci, tsibiri ne daga gabas tsakiyar gabar tekun Greenland, 550 kilometres (342 mi) arewa da Arctic Circle . An gane shi a matsayin tsibiri ne kawai a watan Satumba na 2005, ta mai binciken Amurka Dennis Schmitt . An makala shi zuwa babban yankin Liverpool da kankara ko da a shekara ta 2002, lokacin da rumbun kankara suka fara ja da baya cikin sauri a wannan yanki, ta yadda a shekarar 2005 ba a manne da babban yankin. Mambobin al'ummar kimiyya sun yi imanin wannan sabon tsibiri da aka gano sakamakon dumamar yanayi ne kai tsaye. Rigima Patrick Michaels, masanin yanayin yanayi kuma sanannen mai hana dumamar yanayi, ya haifar da cece-kuce game da tarihin tsibirin Warming a cikin wani sakon da ya wallafa a shafinsa na yanar gizo, Rahoton Yanayi na Duniya, inda ya yi jayayya cewa an gano tsibirin a baya a cikin 1950s zuwa karshen wani ɗan gajeren lokaci mai dumi a Greenland. Duk da rashin cikakken taswirori da suka dace, Michaels ya sami taswirar da Ernst Hofer, mai daukar hoto ya buga, wanda ya yi binciken sararin samaniya a yankin a farkon shekarun 1950, wanda ya nuna yankin Warming Island ba ya da alaƙa da Greenland. Michaels ya kammala cewa tsibirin Warming shi ma wani tsibiri ne daban lokacin da Hofer ya lura a cikin 1950s, kuma mafi fa'ida cewa Tsibirin Warming misali ne na damuwa mara dalili game da sakamakon nan gaba na dumamar yanayi. Dennis Schmitt ya yi adawa da ka'idar Michaels a cikin labarin da dan jarida New York Times Andy Revkin ya rubuta, yana mai cewa taswirar Hofer ba daidai ba ce. Da yake ambaton bambance-bambance kamar rashin taswirar Hofer na tsibirin Reynolds da ke kusa, ya ba da shawarar cewa abubuwan da suka bambanta sun yi daidai da yanayin sararin samaniya lokacin da hazo ya lulluɓe shi, wanda sau da yawa ya rufe ƙananan wurare kamar tsibirin Reynold da gadar kankara da ke haɗa tsibirin Warming zuwa babban yankin Greenlandic. Ya ci gaba da cewa, "Na ga alamar daftarin na 1957 cewa za a fassara shi a matsayin tsari kawai, cewa bai cika ba." Michaels ya bayyana cewa Hofer ya hada taswirar a cikin littafinsa "domin sanya hotunansa da labarunsa a cikin mahallin." Babu wata shaida ta hoto da za ta warware matsalar. Har ila yau, tsibirin ya kasance wani ɓangare na rikice-rikice na 2011 lokacin da aka haɗa shi a cikin Times Atlas na Duniya, tare da hoton da aka sake fasalin kankara na Greenland wanda ya nuna raguwar 15%. Bayan an faɗakar da su ta kafofin watsa labarai, Cibiyar Bayanan Dusar ƙanƙara da ƙanƙara ta Amurka ta ba da rahoton cewa masu gyara atlas dole ne su yi amfani da taswirar 2001 da ke nuna mafi ƙanƙan ɓangaren kankara. Manazarta