Adadin Boyewar Neurological Na Gobarar Daji
Adadin Boyewar Neurological Na Gobarar Daji
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Ikiz is an award-winning neuroscientist, the founder of EcoNeuro, the chair of the International Neuro Climate Working Group at Columbia University, and an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University.
Gano ƙarin akan gidan yanar gizon ta: Burcin Ikiz PhD
Hoton Clayton Page Aldern
Aldern is a senior data reporter at Grist, a research affiliate at the University of Washington’s Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, and the author of "Nauyin Hali: Yadda Canjin Yanayi ke Canza Kwakwalwarmu."
Don ƙarin samfurin rubutun Aldern, je zuwa 'Kowa yana da matsala': yadda rikicin yanayi ke shafar kwakwalwarmu, a cikin The Guardian.
Hakanan kuna iya ƙarin koyo a gidan yanar gizonsa: https://claytonaldern.com/
Yadda gobarar daji ke cutar da ci gaban kwakwalwar yara
A cikin Janairu 2025, daya daga cikin Gobarar daji mafi muni a tarihin Amurka ta tarwatsa unguwanni da dama a gundumar Los Angeles, ciki har da Pacific Palisades da Altadena. Adadin wadanda aka kashe nan take ya ban mamaki: akalla an rasa rayuka 30, fiye da mutane 200,000 aka kwashe, kuma fiye da 18,000 gidajensu da kuma gine-gine da aka lalata. Haka kuma, a nazarin kwanan nan kiyasin gobarar na da nasaba da asarar rayuka fiye da 440 a yankin.
Amma duk da haka ko da waɗannan lambobin ba su kama cikakken barnar ba. Tasirin bala'i a kan kwakwalwarmu ya fara bayyana ne kawai
Shaidar zamani tana da ban tsoro. Fuskantar hayakin wutar daji da rauni a lokacin manyan tagogi masu tasowa na iya canza tsarin kwakwalwa da aiki. Daya nazari mai zurfi found that prenatal exposure to air pollution — the kind generated by wildfires, for example — was associated with measurable changes in fetal brain morphology, including reduced cortical folding and increased cerebrospinal fluid space. These changes were most pronounced when exposure occurred during mid-to-late pregnancy.
Abubuwan da ke faruwa suna da zurfi. Mata masu juna biyu da suka shaka hayakin gobarar daji mai haɗari a cikin waɗancan kwanakin Janairu a LA na iya haifar da ƴaƴan da ke da sauye-sauye a hankali amma ga ci gaban kwakwalwa. Waɗannan matasa na iya fuskantar ƙarin haɗarin matsalolin kulawa, nakasa koyo, da ƙalubalen ɗabi'a waɗanda ƙila ba za su bayyana ba har sai sun kai shekarun makaranta.
Tasirin ya wuce nisa fiye da ciki. Binciken kwanan nan has illustrated that exposure to fine particulate matter from wildfires is a greater risk factor for dementia than that from other sources (like car exhaust). Similarly, a study on California’s 2018 Camp Fire saukar cewa bayyanar da kai tsaye ga rauni daga bala'o'in yanayi yana canza ainihin ikon yanke shawara. Yin amfani da fasaha na zane-zane na kwakwalwa, abokan aiki sun gano cewa wadanda suka tsira daga wutar daji sun nuna rashin aiki na lada da kuma canza ayyukan jijiyoyi a yankuna masu mahimmanci don kulawa da aikin gudanarwa. Mafi yawan tashin hankali, waɗannan canje-canje sun ci gaba fiye da shekara guda bayan bala'in.
Yara suna da rauni musamman. Ɗaya daga cikin binciken kwanan nan bin diddigin yaran da aka fallasa ga gurɓacewar iska yayin haɓakawa da wuri ya sami raguwar aikin fahimi da canjin tsarin kwakwalwa wanda zai iya dagewa har zuwa samartaka. Ƙwaƙwalwar da ke tasowa tana da matukar damuwa ga gubobi na muhalli, kuma hadaddiyar giyar da aka saki lokacin da unguwannin ke konewa - ciki har da karafa masu nauyi, robobi, da yawa na mahadi (ciki har da masu kashe wuta da ake amfani da su don kashe harshen wuta) - yana haifar da haɗari da ba a taɓa gani ba.
Tabbas, wasu daga cikin waɗannan haɗarin na iya bayyana a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci. Amma al'ummomi sun fara fahimtar tasirin daɗaɗɗen kamuwa da gurɓataccen iska da ke jefar da iska, ƙasa, da ruwa kuma suna ci gaba da yin hakan yayin da tsaftar tarkace ke haifar da ƙara gurɓata yanayi.
Understanding these long-term health impacts is particularly complex because the neurological effects in question aren’t limited to smoke exposure. The psychological trauma of losing homes, communities, and loved ones creates what researchers call “climate trauma”: a distinct form of mental and cognitive health impairment that affects brain function in measurable ways. Behavioural and psychological effects have been documented in recent shafi tunanin mutum kiwon lafiya safiyo na LA da Maui da suka tsira daga gobarar daji. Binciken kwakwalwa na waɗanda suka tsira daga bala'i show hyperactivity a cikin yankunan da ke hade da damuwa da damuwa, tare da rashin aiki a cikin yankunan da ke da alhakin yanke shawara da ka'idojin motsin rai.
Wataƙila mafi yawan abin da ya shafi, waɗannan nakasar jijiya sun bayyana suna haɗuwa a cikin tsararraki.
Bincike mai tasowa ya nuna cewa rauni da bayyanar da muhalli na iya canza yanayin bayyanar da kwayoyin halittar da ake yadawa ga yara da jikoki, lamarin da aka sani da gadon epigenetic. Yana iya ɗaukar shekaru da yawa kafin a fahimci lalacewar waɗannan gobarar daji na baya-bayan nan.
Duk da wannan ƙarar shaidar, tsarin ba da amsa bala'i na yanzu ba su da shiri sosai don magance tasirin lafiyar jijiya. Ka'idojin gaggawa suna mayar da hankali kan buƙatun likita nan da nan da matsuguni na ɗan gajeren lokaci, tare da ƙarancin la'akari don kare lafiyar kwakwalwa ko sa ido kan sakamakon jijiya na dogon lokaci. Manufofin inshora ba su rufe ƙima na musamman da ake buƙata don gano sauye-sauyen fahimi, da Lafiyar tunani albarkatun sun kasance masu ƙarancin kuɗi. Bugu da ƙari, rushewar tsarin kula da lafiya ya katse kulawar da ake ci gaba da gudanarwa wanda mutanen da ke da yanayin kiwon lafiya na tabin hankali suka dogara, wanda zai iya hanzarta ci gaban cututtuka ko cutar da alamun.
Muna bukatar mu canza hanyarmu. Yayin da bala'o'in yanayi suka zama masu yawa kuma suna da tsanani, kare lafiyar ƙwayoyin cuta dole ne ya zama babban ɓangaren shirye-shiryen gaggawa da ƙoƙarin dawowa.
Muna buƙatar tsarin haɗin gwiwa don saka idanu kan tasirin lafiyar kwakwalwa a cikin jama'a da aka fallasa, musamman yara da mata masu juna biyu. Muna buƙatar shirye-shiryen sa baki da wuri don tallafawa ingantaccen haɓakar ƙwaƙwalwa a cikin al'ummomin da abin ya shafa.
And we need policies that account for the full neurological cost of climate change when making decisions about everything from urban planning to health care resource allocation.
Waɗannan gobarar kuma suna nuna muhimman tambayoyi game da adalci. Al'ummomin masu launi da unguwannin masu karamin karfi, wadanda tuni aka fallasa su ga gurbatar iska, suna dauke da nauyi mafi nauyi na tasirin wutar daji. Wadannan al'ummomin sau da yawa ba su da damar yin amfani da albarkatun kiwon lafiya da ake bukata don magance sakamakon cututtuka, haifar da sake zagayowar muhalli da rashin lafiya wanda zai ci gaba har tsawon tsararraki.
Ci gaba, dole ne mu sake tunani game da yadda muke auna tasirin bala'i. Lalacewar dukiya da asarar rayuka nan da nan suna wakiltar kaɗan ne kawai na ƙimar al'umma ta gaskiya. Lalacewar jijiyoyi - nakasar fahimi, nakasar ilmantarwa, matsalolin kulawa, da jinkirin ci gaba - za su shafi iyalai marasa adadi na shekaru masu zuwa. Binciken tattalin arziki da ya yi watsi da waɗannan ɓoyayyun farashi suna raina ainihin farashin canjin yanayi.
Bincike kadai bai isa ba. Muna bukata jama'a kiwon lafiya jami'ai don ɗaukar kariyar ƙwayoyin cuta da mahimmanci, masu tsara birane don yin la'akari da lafiyar kwakwalwa a cikin shirye-shiryen juriya, da masu tsara manufofi don gane cewa yaƙi da sauyin yanayi shine ainihin yaƙi don makomar fahimtar ɗan adam.
While we cannot undo the fires, we can still work to protect the developing brains of the next generation if we act with the urgency this crisis demands.
Abin farin ciki, kwakwalwa - musamman ma kwakwalwa mai tasowa - yana da juriya sosai. Godiya ga neuroplasticity, yara sau da yawa suna da ikon murmurewa daga zagin muhalli, sake gina haɗin jijiyoyi, da daidaita halayensu, ana ba da tallafin da ya dace, aminci, da kulawa. Amma lokaci baya gare mu. Gaggawar yanayi kuma gaggawa ce ta jijiya, kuma ya kamata mu kula da shi kamar haka.
Burcin Ikiz PhD will be part of a series on Neurosustainability in October 2025, featuring the work of Mohammed Khalil.
