Buka Inter Island Cup 2010

Hari Jumat (27/8/2010) ini, turnamen Inter Island Cup 2010 (IIC) resmi dimulai. Sebagai laga pembuka, digelar duel antara juara bertahan ISL Arema Indonesia melawan PSM Makassar.

IIC sendiri bakal dilangsungkan di dua tempat, yakni Malang dan Palembang, mulai 27 Agustus hingga 5 September mendatang. Selain Arema dan Persiwa, turnamen yang diplot sebagai pemanasan ISL 2010-2011 ini juga diikuti Sriwijaya FC, Persib Bandung, PSM Makassar, dan Persiba Balikpapan.

Keenam tim tersebut dibagi dalam dua grup. Grup A, yang diisi Arema, Persiwa, dan PSM, akan memainkan pertandingan mereka di Stadion Kanjuruhan, Malang. Sementara Grup B, yang dihuni Sriwijaya, Persib, dan Persiba, akan melangsungkan laganya di Stadion Jakabaring, Palembang.

Pertandingan pertama di Grup B akan mempertemukan Sriwijaya dan Persiba, Sabtu (28/8/2010). Nantinya, dari setiap grup tersebut akan diambil satu tim dengan poin terbanyak untuk melaju ke babak final, yang akan berlangsung pada 5 September di Palembang.

Seharusnya, Persipura Jayapura yang tampil di laga pembuka, melawan Arema. Tetapi, runner-up ISL ini tak bisa tampil di ajang ini, sehingga mereka diganti oleh Persiwa.

Berikut pembagian grup dan jadwal Inter Island Cup 2010:

Grup A (Malang): Arema Indonesia, Persiwa Wamena, PSM Makassar

Grup B (Palembang): Sriwijaya FC, Persiba Balikpapan, Persib Bandung

Jadwal pertandingan:

Grup A: 27 Agustus 2010: Arema vs PSM; 29 Agustus 2010: Persiwa vs PSM; 31 Agustus 2010: Arema vs Persiwa

Grup B: 28 Agustus 2010: Sriwijaya vs Persiba; 30 Agustus 2010: Persiba vs Persib; 1 September 2010: Persib vs Sriwijaya

Final (Palembang): 5 September 2010: Juara grup A vs Juara grup B, kick off pukul 21.15 WIB

Pulau Es yang Lepas dari Greenland

Es Kutub Utara Mencair - Sized ice island 30 km x 10 km off the Petermann Glacier, Greenland, south of the North Pole last week. The giant iceberg is now crossing the Arctic Ocean. If the melt, the ice island was not very influential for Indonesian waters.

"The quantity of ice that broke out when the island was not very influential, except floating ice of the United States, it was just threatening," said climate researcher from the University of Hamburg, Dr. Armi Susandi, while talking to AFP on Thursday (07/12/2010).

In general, floating ice will impact on increasing the volume of sea water around the island waters traversed by the ice. "Volume in Indonesia itself is not too large, so not very influential," explains that ITB academicians.

In addition to increasing the volume of sea water around the area traversed by the ice island, which need to be aware that there is a threat to ecosystems in the sea.

"Because of climate change on ecosystems of course there will move. Akibatya fishermen fishing patterns will change and other impacts that fishing will require an additional cost," he said.

Then, what the impact directly to the tropical regions like Indonesia?

"It's not the volume of sea water that must be monitored, but changes in the weather that occurred at will nature," said Armi.

The weather changes, added Armi, is the occurrence of extreme weather changes. He cited Indonesia's transition should be entered into the rainy season it occurred outside forecasts.

"In sub-tropical areas of rain will be many, and Indonesia will experience dry because of the clouds that bring water vapor moves to the sub-tropical regions such as Pakistan. This is what we should be aware," he said.

Armi claiming the release of one of the island of ice caused by global warming, where water with high temperatures into the cracks of the glacier. "Global warming is increasingly accelerate the process of breakup of the glacier," says Armi.

In addition to increasing the volume of an impact on the surrounding water, the island is feared disturbing activity boats surrounding it.