Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek

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Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek

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Rabu, 26 Apr 2023 23:00 WIB

Panama - Pemanasan global membuat kelangkaan curah hujan di kawasan Terusan Panama. Akibatnya volume air menjadi menyusut.

TOPSHOT - Aerial view showing a boy walking in the dried bed of Alhajuela Lake during the summer drought, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, on April 21, 2023. - The scarcity of rainfall due to global warming has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic waterway, in the midst of a water supply crisis that threatens the future of this maritime route. The Alhajuela lake, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the locks of the Panama Canal and is at its lowest level of recent years. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sebuah kapal tengah berlayar di Terusan Panama yang menyusut volume airnya, Senin (24/4/2023).

TOPSHOT - Aerial view showing a boy walking in the dried bed of Alhajuela Lake during the summer drought, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, on April 21, 2023. - The scarcity of rainfall due to global warming has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic waterway, in the midst of a water supply crisis that threatens the future of this maritime route. The Alhajuela lake, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the locks of the Panama Canal and is at its lowest level of recent years. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Otoritas Kanal Panama (ACP) terpaksa menungurangi lalu lintas kapal di terusan tersebut.

TOPSHOT - Aerial view showing a boy walking in the dried bed of Alhajuela Lake during the summer drought, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, on April 21, 2023. - The scarcity of rainfall due to global warming has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic waterway, in the midst of a water supply crisis that threatens the future of this maritime route. The Alhajuela lake, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the locks of the Panama Canal and is at its lowest level of recent years. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Dua danau buatan di Provinsi Colon pun mengering imbas kelangkaan curah hujan. Danau tersebut biasanya memasok dan mengalirkan air ke kanal.

TOPSHOT - Aerial view showing a boy walking in the dried bed of Alhajuela Lake during the summer drought, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, on April 21, 2023. - The scarcity of rainfall due to global warming has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic waterway, in the midst of a water supply crisis that threatens the future of this maritime route. The Alhajuela lake, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the locks of the Panama Canal and is at its lowest level of recent years. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Sebagai informasi, pada 2022, lebih dari 14.000 kapal yang membawa 518 juta ton kargo melewati kanal tersebut. Lalu lintas ini menyumbang US$2,5 miliar atau sekitar Rp37 triliun ke finansial Panama.

TOPSHOT - Aerial view showing a boy walking in the dried bed of Alhajuela Lake during the summer drought, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, on April 21, 2023. - The scarcity of rainfall due to global warming has forced the Panama Canal to reduce the draft of ships passing through the interoceanic waterway, in the midst of a water supply crisis that threatens the future of this maritime route. The Alhajuela lake, in the Colon province, 50 km north of Panama City, is one of the main lakes that supplies water to the locks of the Panama Canal and is at its lowest level of recent years. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP) (Photo by LUIS ACOSTA/AFP via Getty Images)

Ancaman kekeringan ini sebenarnya sudah terlihat pada 2019 lalu. Kala itu, pasokan air tawar turun menjadi tiga miliar meter kubik, sementara untuk mengoperasikan kanal butuh 5,25 miliar meter kubik.

Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek
Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek
Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek
Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek
Kekeringan Hantui Terusan Panama, Perdagangan Dunia Terancam Mandek
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