Turkmen Sadaka ... as a contribution to the fight against climate change
The Turkmen tradition of preparing mass food in the open air, as it turns out, can contribute to the fight against climate change. Such a conclusion can be made by looking at a study of British scientists from the University of Bath, who published their results in Nature Communications.
The point is that fats released into the atmosphere during cooking in boiling oil can enhance the formation of clouds that cool the planet.
"It is known that the emission of molecules of fatty acids from frying pans and fryers can cover particles of aerosols in the atmosphere, which affects the ability of an aerosol to form clouds. However, for the first time we were able to find out how these molecules behave inside the atmospheric droplets. It turned out that they form complex ordered structures inside atmospheric aerosols dissolved in air, which makes the aerosols more stable and eventually helps to form clouds. Such clouds cool the climate. The results of the new study described the effect of atmospheric aerosols on air temperature," the author of the article, Christian Pfrang, said.
Scientists have investigated the aerosol in the atmosphere, consisting of individual drops of brine and oleic acid - fatty acid, released during cooking. Special laser beams allowed researchers to analyze the internal structure of these droplets. It turned out that the drops themselves can form their own structures, helping the molecules stay longer in the atmosphere.
Thus, the number of molecules of fatty acids in the air affects the amount of clouds and sun rays that they reflect into space.
How can one not remember the Turkmen festivals of Kurban Bayramy, Novruz, folk festivals and weddings, when according to tradition in the open space fires are lit for the kazans, in which pilaf is cooked with oil, fried meat, donuts-pishma. Rows of such kazans can stretch for a hundred meters - the Turkmens, if they celebrate some kind of holiday, are trying to treat as many people as they can. Because general gathering makes neighbors closer and better friends. Far from the neighborhood there is a fragrant smoke from dozens of kazans, where a variety of treats for guests are languishing.
And now we know that the trickle of smoke rising upwards, where this or that event is celebrated, is also a contribution to the formation of clouds. Therefore, our Sadaka (a charity dinner on any occasion) is our mite in the fight against climate warming. So let, as they say among the people, a celebrations follow one another!
