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Page 34Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) meberi amaran pada sidang kemuncak kepulauan Pasifik mengenai data penyelidikan yang menunjukkan peningkatan ketara paras laut di rantau itu, berbanding purata global

Berita Harian

PBB beri amaran peningkatan ketara
paras air laut di kepulauan Pasitik
Nuku’alofa: Pertubuhan Bangsa- global terutamadi kepulauan Pa- 
• Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) memberi sifik. 
amaran pada sidang kemuncak 
kepulauan Pasifik mengenai data mengeluarkan SOS global - Se- 
penyelidikan yang menunjukkan lamatkan Laut Kita - mengenai 
peningkatan ketara paras laut peningkatan paras laut. Mala- 
di rantau itu, berbanding purata petaka di seluruh dunia mele-
takkan syurga Pasifik ini dalam 
Setiausaha Agung PBB, Anto- bahaya,” katanya. 
nio Guterres, mengisytiharkan 
amaran SOS berhubung bahaya duk yang sedikit, dengan kurang 
yang dihadapi akibat peningka- industri berat, pulau-pulau Pasi- 
tan ketara lagi pantas paras laut fik secara keseluruhan mengha-
silkan kurang 0.02 peratus da- 
ripada pelepasan global setiap 
tahun.
Namun, kepulauan gunung 
berapi yang luas dan pulau cincin
itu amat terancam dengan musi- 
bah peningkatan paras laut.
Pertubuhan Meterologi Se- 
dunia (WMO), sejak awal 1990- 
an, memasang tolok air pasang 
di' pantai terkenal Pasifik untuk 
pemantauan dan laporan baharu.
Dapatan yang dikeluarkan 
oleh badan pemantauan iklim 
PBB itu menunjukkan laut me- 
ningkat sekitar 15 sentimeter 
(sm) di beberapa bahagian Pasi- 
fik dalam tempoh 30 tahun yang 
lalu, berbanding purata global pe- 
ningkatan laut sekitar 9.4sm.
“Ia semakin jelas bahawa kita 
sangat kesuntukan masa untuk 
mengubah keadaan sedia ada,”
kata pegawai tertinggi agensi ra- 
malan itu, Celeste Saulo.
Sesetengah pulau, terutama 
di Kiribati dan Kepulauan Cook, 
bagaimanapun dilihat menga- 
lami kenaikan yang setara atau 
berada di bawah purata global.
Namun, di tapak lain seperti 
ibu kota Samoa dan Fiji, paras 
laut meningkat hampir tiga kali 
ganda lebih tinggi.
Di negara Pasifik, Tuvalu, 
tanah pula kini semakin terhad 
sehingga kanak-kanak menggu- 
nakan kawasan tar di lapangan 
terbang antarabangsa sebagai 
taman permainan sementara
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global.
Mempunyai kepadatan pendu-
mereka sendiri.
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New MMEA vessel lives up to its heroic name

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Ship sunk by 
Houthis a 
threat to Red 
Sea marine life
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ADEN: A United Kingdom-owned 
ship attacked by Houthi militants 
last month sank in the Red Sea, the 
United States military confirmed 
on Saturday, as it echoed a warn­
ing from Yemen’s internationally 
recognised government that the 
vessel’s cargo of hazardous fer­
tiliser posed a risk to marine life.
The Belize-registered Rubymar 
is the first vessel lost since the 
Houthis began targeting commer­
cial ships in November. Drone and 
missile assaults have forced ship­
ping firms to use the longer route 
around southern Africa, disrupt­
ing global trade by delaying de­
liveries and sending costs higher.
The sinking bulk carrier “pre­
sents a subsurface impact risk to 
other ships transiting the busy 
shipping lanes of the waterway”, 
US Central Command said on X.
The Iran-aligned Houthis said 
their campaign was a show of sol­
idarity with Palestinians in Gaza.
The attacks have prompted 
strikes against their positions by 
the US and Britain and have led 
other navies to send vessels to the 
region to protect the Suez Canal.
The. US military had said the 
Feb 18 missile attack had signif­
icantly damaged the bulk vessel 
and caused a 29km oil slick. The 
ship was carrying about 21,000 
metric tonnes of fertiliser.
Yemen’s Foreign Minister 
Ahmed Awad Mubarak said on X: 
“The sinking of the Rubymar is 
an environmental catastrophe 
that Yemen and the region have 
never experienced before.”
The release of so much fertilis­
er poses a serious threat to ma­
rine life, said Ali Al-Sawalmih, di­
rector of the Marine Science Sta­
tion at the University of Jordan.
The overload of nutrients can 
stimulate excessive growth of al­
gae, using up so much oxygen that 
regular marine life cannot sur­
vive, he said describing a process 
called eutrophication.
Last year, the area avoided a po­
tential disaster when the United 
Nations removed more than one 
million barrels of oil from a de­
caying supertanker. That type of 
operation may be more difficult in 
current circumstances. Reuters


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of James Cook
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toxicologist Jamie
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BELOW: This
photo taken on
April 8 shows
Seymour holding
a vial containing
venom from a
stonefish.
Scary venoms 
from the sea A toxicologist is studying Australia’s deadly marine animals to better understand them — and keep people safe
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MAGINE feeling like an elephant Seymour is also among those who have
is sitting on your chest — you survived its sting, 
can’t breathe, there’s a sense of His team is studying Australia's 
impending doom and the pain is deadliest marine animals in a bid to 
so intense you want to die. You've understand them and keep people safe.
"Australia is without a doubt the 
most venomous continent in the 
While you are unlikely to die, toxi- world,” Seymour said, adding: When 
cologist Jamie Seymour of James Cook you talk to people, especially Ameri-
University in Australia says you’ll wish cans, they’re.surprised that we don't 
you had. He should know — he’s been 
stung 11 times. But Seymour's job is' 
riskier than most: milking sea crea­
tures of their venom to create life- mals, including a box jellyfish, which 
saving anti-venoms.
Dozens of Irukandji jellyfish, some its poison, 
no bigger than a sesame seed, float in 
tanks inside a metal shed kept by the animals across Australia, fatalities are 
university in the state of Queensland. In relatively rare. The latest official data 
another tank, there are the most ven- show that between 2001 and 2017, 
omous fish in the world: the stonefish. there were an average of 32 animal- 
If its spines pierce your skin, the related deaths a year, with horses and 
pain will cause you to lose conscious- cows the biggest killers.
• ness and the area around the wound Since 1883, there have been only 
will turn black and die. two recorded deaths from Irukandji
The stonefish’s venom is powerful jellyfish and about 70 deaths from box 
enough to kill humans, but there have jellyfish, 
been no recorded fatalities in Australia.
I
just been stung by a tiny Irukandji jel­
lyfish.
all die at birth."
As Seymour moves around the 
tanks, he points out other deadly ani-
can kill a person within 10 minutes with
Despite the countless venomous
Seymour (right) 
and an assistant 
standing near 
tanks located 
outside his work 
shed in the 
Queensland city of 
Cairns.
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Anti-venom increasingly needed
of the deadly fluid. They then send the in November and December, 
venom to a facility in the state of Victo­
ria. which processes it into life-saving warmer for longer, now the jellyfish
can linger as late as March.
Warming oceans are also pushing
FROM PAGE 19
With ocean temperatures staying
By comparison, there were about 
4,700 deaths from drug, alcohol and 
vehicle-related incidents in Australia 
in 2022 alone, according to govern- amount of venom over six months into these deadly sea jellies — and other
ment data. an animal, such as a horse, which pro- marine animals — further south along
"So. the chances of you being stung duces natural antibodies. the Australian coast. Seymour's stu-
by an animal in Australia —or bitten— The animal's plasma is later dents have found that temperature
is reasonable, but the chances of dying removed and the antibodies are changes can also alter the toxicity of
very small,” Seymour said.
anti-venom.
First, the facility staff inject a small
extracted, purified and reduced into venom, 
an anti-venom for humans.
Seymour working in his shed in the Queensland city of Cairns.
"For example, if I make an anti-
Anti-venoms are shipped tohospi- venom for an animalat 20 degrees andSEARCH FOR ANTI-VENOM
His facility is the only one that milks tals around Australia and some Pacific I get bitten by an animal that lives in
islands, where they can be adminis- the wild at 30 degrees, that anti-venomvenom from these deadly marine ani­
mals and turns it into anti-venom. For tered if someone is stung or bitten by isn't going to work," he said.
Studies have also shown that venomthe deadly box jellyfish, that process is an animal.
"We have some of the best anti-ven- from stinging creatures could be usedtricky. Researchers must remove their
tentacles, freeze-dry them and collect oms in the world, there is certainly no to treat myriad health conditions,
doubt about that." Seymour said, noting including one in which rheumatoidthe venom once it solidifies.
the time and effort put into producing arthritis was effectively cured inThere's no anti-venom for the Iru-
mice in two weeks. But this area ofkandji jellyfish. Instead, doctors treat the serums in Australia.
research remains largely unfunded,And anti-venom may be increas-each symptom as it appears. If you get
rapid medical advice, the chance of ingly needed, as climate change can and Seymour says his work continues, 
survival is high. raise the risk of a sting, according to "When you think of the venom, think
of it like a vegetable stew. There's aFor the stonefish, the venom extrac- scientists.
heap of different components in there,"tion process is more challenging.
Researchers insert a syringe into a live THE WORK CONTINUES he said, adding: "What we've been try-
fish's venom glands, holding it with a About 60 years ago. the Irukandji jel- ing to do is pull these things apart and 
towel while they withdraw a thimble full lyfish stinging season in Australia was work out what's going on." AFP Venom being extracted from a stonefish.
Seymour with samples of toxic marine animals.
A bottlefilled with Irukandjijellyfish.


Scary venoms from the sea

Kapal kargo UK karam, berisiko cemar 
alam sekitar di perairan Laut Meralhi
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ADEN: Kapal kargo Rubymar mi- 
lik United Kingdom (UK) yang 
diserang kumpulan pemberontak 
Houthi di Laut Merah bulan lalu 
dilaporkan tepggelam dan kini 
dikhuatiri bakal mencetuskan 
malapetaka alam sekitar besar di 
kawasan perairan berkenaan.
Jika disahkan, ia akan men- 
jadi. kehilangan kapal pertama 
'sejak Houthi mula menyasarkan 
perkapalan komersial pada No- 
vember lalu sehingga memaksa 
banyak hrma memilih laluan 
lebih panjang dan mahal di seki- 
tar Afrika Selatan.
Kementerian Pengangkutan 
Houthi berkata, terdapat gang- 
guan dalam kabel komunikasi
dasar laut di Laut Merah aki- KAPAL kargo Rubymar milik U!< dilaporkan tenggelam di Laut Merah.
bat tindakan kapal tentera laut - REUTERS 
Amerika Syarikat (AS) dan Bri- 
tain, namun tidak memberikan 
butiran lanjut.
Isnin lalu, pasukan kerajaan Laut Merah pada malam Jumaat nyak sejauh 29 kilometer. 
Yemen meninjau keadaan Ruby- lalu. • Menteri Luar Yemen, Ahmed
mar, sebuah kapal kargo berben- Tentera AS sebelum ini Awad Mubarak dalam catatan-
dera Belize dan mendakwa se- berkata, serangan Houthi mero- nya di laman X berkata, Ruby-
bahagiannya.sudah tenggelam. sakkan sebahagian besar kapal mar yang tenggelam berpotensi
Kenyataan kerajaan yang pengangkut membawa lebih mencetuskan malapetaka alam
sekitar yang belum pernah di- 
alami Yemen dan wilayah seki- 
tarnya sebelum ini.
“Ia adalah tragedi baharu 
untuk negara dan rakyat kami. 
Setiap hari kita membayar har- 
ga yang mahal untuk pengem- 
baraan Houthi,” katanya.
Perkara sama turut disu- 
arakan Pengarah Stesen Sains 
Marin Universiti Jordan, Ali Al- 
Sawalmih yang menegaskan 
pembebasan sejumlah besar 
baja ke Laut Merah menimbul- 
kan ancaman serius kepada 
banyak hidupan marin.
“Beban nutrien yang berle- 
bihan boleh merangsang per- 
tumbuhan alga, menggunakan 
begitu banyak oksigen sehingga 
hidupan marin biasa tidak dapat 
bertahan. Proses ini dipanggil 
eutrohkasl.
“Pelan segera harus digu- 
na pakai oleh negara-negara 
di sekitar Laut Merah untuk 
mewujudkan agenda peman- 
tauan kawasan tercemar serta 
melaksanakan strategi pember- 
sihan segera,” katanya.-REUTERs
dikeluarkan Sabtu lalu menga- 41,000 tan metrik baja itu dan 
takan kapal itu karam di selatan menyebabkan tompokan mi-


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Ship sunk by Houthis a threat to Red Sea marine life

Scary venoms from the sea

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