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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (English abbreviation: NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government, responsible for formulating and implementing civilian space programs and conducting aeronautical and space science research. It is the most famous aerospace research institution with the strongest scientific research capabilities in the world, and it also widely shares research data with many domestic and international scientific research institutions.

NASA has more than a dozen research institutions. The main research areas are aeronautical research and exploration, including space science (solar system exploration, Mars exploration, lunar exploration, cosmic structure and environment), planetary research (planetary systems science, planetary science applications), biophysical research, aeronautics (aviation technology), etc.

The Goddard Institute for Space Studies is one of the more famous research institutions. It originally focused on studying the relationship between the planet and the sun. In recent years, as the climate problem has become more and more serious, they have also begun to pay more attention to the global climate. Change direction.

Unlike the National Weather Center in the United States, which is responsible for extreme weather warnings and proposing response plans, the Goddard Institute for Space Studies is a purely theoretical research institution. It only publishes research results and does not care about subsequent responses.

As a scientific research institution with the teaching and research system of Columbia University as its main force, it is not as large as the National Meteorological Center of the United States, and it is not as talented as the latter. However, relying on the large platform of NASA, it has still achieved a lot of results.

This set of photos released by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies is quite special.

Qin Ke asked Xiaoguang to open NASA's website, and soon these photos appeared in front of everyone. The air suddenly became quiet, because everyone was shocked by the photos in front of them.

Ning Qingyun widened her beautiful eyes and looked at these photos of mushroom clouds that looked like nuclear bomb explosions in surprise. After a while, she murmured out loud and asked: "What... is this? Mushroom cloud?"

Qin Ke clicked on one of the large pictures, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said solemnly: "This is the cold air clouds in the Arctic!"

The photo is very similar to a mushroom cloud, but it is much lower than a mushroom cloud. Qin Ke judged that this is because the air temperature in the lower layer dropped sharply, causing the relatively high-temperature, frost-bearing air masses to be squeezed and rise sharply, thus forming such a spectacle.

"Yes. This was taken accidentally by NASA's weather satellite. It covers almost one-third of the Arctic. The lowest temperature in the center is only -102 degrees Celsius, which is much lower than what we have previously recorded in the Verkhoyansk region of Siberia. -70 degrees Celsius." Laura explained: "However, the Goddard Institute for Space Studies could not determine the cause of this strange phenomenon, nor could it infer its development trend, so they simply released these photos."
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102 degrees Celsius!

This is an extremely low temperature that no living thing can survive at all!

Everyone gasped involuntarily, and Qin Ke frowned: "Previously, based on our analysis of big data over the years, we predicted that there would be a large-scale cold wave air mass in Siberia. Now it seems that the situation may be worse than we did at the beginning of the year. It was predicted to be even more serious.”

He previously established a large extreme climate disaster prediction model with the help of data from the European Meteorological Satellite and Xiaguo Meteorological Satellite, and analyzed that there will be an extremely cold winter this year. The north is likely to experience terrifying low temperatures below -30 degrees Celsius in large areas. However, Where these low temperatures come from and why they occur, he has yet to find an answer.

Now these photos may give him an answer.

If you guessed it right, these cool air-conditioned clouds that look like mushroom clouds should be the reason for the extremely cold winter this year!

"You mean, this winter will be more difficult?" Lao Tao couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Qin Ke stared at these photos and said slowly: "Based on preliminary estimates from these photos, the northern hemisphere is likely to continue to enter the Little Ice Age starting from this winter!"

Everyone looked at each other in disbelief.

Little Ice Age! Even though most of them are not climate experts, they are still knowledgeable people. They know that when the Xia Kingdom entered the Little Ice Age at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the population dropped by nearly half due to severe cold, drought and severe reduction in food production! In the 14th century, when Europe was severely hit by the Little Ice Age, the population also decreased by one-third due to famine, plague, etc.!

Now, the Northern Hemisphere is about to enter the Little Ice Age again? Isn't this appalling?

But the speaker was Qin Ke, and everyone had to believe him. At present, Qin Ke is recognized as the world's first person in the study of extreme climate. Even if the estimation and judgment he made is not 100% accurate, it will never be too biased.

Ning Qingyun murmured: "The last Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty is less than 400 years ago, right? Why is it so early..."

According to historical statistics, the Little Ice Age occurs approximately every 400 to 500 years. If the Little Ice Age begins this year, it means that it will be at least to years early.

Qin Ke's expression was also a little more solemn. It seemed that the "first sign of the collapse of the world" mentioned in the prophecy from distant time and space was getting closer and closer.

However, he did not have a negative character, and he did not want everyone to be surprised and confused. He soon smiled again and said: "Don't worry too much, even if the Little Ice Age starts this year, the worst period will still be thirty to fifty years later. I plan to focus on studying these photos and the reasons behind them in the near future. It’s just that the source of these data is a bit troublesome..."

If you want to study these mushroom clouds clearly, you need more detailed data. Especially at present, countries around the world generally do not have sufficient research on the climate conditions of the Arctic, and the amount of data is also lacking. Even the European Meteorological Center has insufficient energy and manpower to invest in this area, let alone Xia Guo.

The country with the deepest understanding of the Arctic and the largest research data in the world is probably the United States.

Laura thought for a while and said: "I can contact the Goddard Institute of Space Studies to see if they can provide data. But I guess, even if I don't go to them, they will contact you sooner or later. When it comes to extreme climate No one in the world is better at research than you."

Lao Tao also stood up: "If you need my help, I can also join your research team. My teaching pressure next semester is not great. I only have two classes per week, and I don't have anything particularly urgent. The topic has been studied, and the research on the unification of mathematics is a long-term work, not a temporary one."

Qin Ke knew that Tao Zhexuan was an expert in most fields of mathematics. With his help, his research progress would be accelerated a lot, so he happily said: "Okay, then please ask Old Tao to help."

Edward Witten said: "It's a pity that Chiara and I are not good at big data analysis, but if you, Qin Ke, are of any use to us, you can contact me at any time. We will only conduct research in the United States in the past month. A short trip.”

Qin Ke felt warm in his heart. He knew that Professor Witten was quite satisfied with the "WQTNQ theoretical system" now. He planned to enter semi-retirement and take his wife to travel around the world while slowly working on the "WQTNQ theoretical system". I was no longer interested in the rest of the work on finalizing the work and the unification of mathematics.

Now Professor Witten can make such a promise, naturally because of his friendship with him.

Of course, Qin Ke didn't want to ask him to help with mathematical problems. Firstly, Professor Witten was indeed very old and was somewhat unable to perform high-intensity work. Secondly, Professor Witten was good at quantum field theory, string theory and topology. Geometry rather than the analysis and processing of complex data. Qin Ke’s eyes fell on Lao Tao, and suddenly a flash came into his mind, and he said to Edward Witten:

"Thank you, Professor Witten. I really need your help. I know that you are well-connected and well-connected. If possible, could you please contact someone who is not a member of any national meteorological center and is good at applied mathematics, especially mathematical analysis? Mathematicians, see if they are interested in coming to Xia Guo to join my research team. Of course, you can also join remotely and cooperate through video conferencing and network contact. Currently, my team is still in relatively short supply of high-end talents. "

Although the talent team of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory has been basically trained, they are mainly young people and lack experience. Their level can only be called qualified and good. There is still a big gap between the "excellent" standard and they can only bear the responsibility. He and Ning Qingyun had to do most of the early and mid-term big data analysis work and later detailed work personally, which wasted a lot of unnecessary time and energy.

As for Lao Tao's offer of help just now, Qin Ke suddenly thought, why not set up an additional international team for big data advanced analysis? If we can invite outstanding mathematicians in this field from all over the world to join us and take charge of the later big data analysis work, it will not only further improve the efficiency of data analysis, statistics, and modeling, but also make him and Ning Qingyun more focused. Focus on optimization and deduction of big data prediction models combined with climatology.

In this way, the elite forces of the international mathematics community can be gathered as much as possible to form a dual research force of "international mathematicians + national meteorological centers" to jointly respond to the increasingly severe global climate change situation.

Regarding Qin Ke's proposal, Edward Witten readily agreed: "No problem, leave it to me. I will also ask Faltings, Deligne, and Wiles to find recommended candidates for you. In fact, with With your reputation, if you issue a recruitment order yourself, there are probably many mathematicians who are willing to join you."

Qin Ke was overjoyed. With the recommendations of these seniors, at least this big data advanced analysis team should not have to worry about talents!

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I don’t know whether Laura’s connection played a role, or whether the Goddard Institute for Space Studies was indeed planning to find Qin Ke. At around nine o’clock in the morning the next day, Professor Ferrogan from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies contacted him through international long distance. I went to Qingmu University and then contacted Qin Ke.

"Academician Qin, I am Darth Ferrogan from the Department of Planetary Sciences at Columbia University. I am also currently the research director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It is an honor to speak with you. Our research institution has discovered some strange things that appear in the Arctic. After our preliminary research and judgment on climate phenomena, we believe that such climate phenomena may not be a good thing, but unfortunately our level is limited and we cannot conduct further research."

Professor Ferrogan did not speak very fast, and his tone was extremely humble and polite: "If you are willing, our institute is happy to have friendly cooperation and exchanges with you and your team on these findings, and we can provide everything we can." Relevant information, and can arrange for researchers to provide remote assistance and obey your command throughout the process."

Now the American Meteorological Center has lowered its proud head. However, except for the Australian Meteorological Center, which has basically negotiated comprehensive cooperation in accordance with the conditions of the European Meteorological Center, the other major meteorological centers, such as the New Zealand Meteorological Center, The Canadian Meteorological Center, the American Meteorological Center, the Japanese Meteorological Center, the American Meteorological Center, etc. are still in the negotiation and consultation stage.

In terms of meteorological satellites, the strength of the United States is not inferior to that of the European Meteorological Center, and many meteorological satellites cover the blind spots of the European Meteorological Center's meteorological satellite monitoring, forming a good complement.

What's more, as a world power in meteorological science, the United States does have merits in various aspects of technology. Qin Ke still hopes to achieve comprehensive cooperation with the United States, provided that they stop being arrogant and ruthless all day long. Reluctant look.

Qin Ke hopes that they can abandon their prejudices and cooperate sincerely like the European Meteorological Center - each country has its own interests, and it depends on whether they can seek common ground while reserving differences and expand cooperation as much as possible in the face of major climate disasters that threaten the survival of all mankind. Faced.

Of course, if the United States shows a seemingly distant attitude of reluctant cooperation all day long, Qin Ke would rather give up the option of cooperation with them.

However, this time the Goddard Institute for Space Studies took the initiative to come to the door to request cooperation, and kept such a low profile. It can be seen that the attitude of the United States has changed significantly, and it is trying its best to show sincerity in cooperation, so Qin Ke did not put on airs. He agreed readily because he really needed relevant data to study what was happening in the Arctic.

"No problem, I am also happy to cooperate with your institute."

The Goddard Institute for Space Studies acted very resolutely. In the afternoon of the day when the cooperation agreement was reached, it sent all the relevant data and satellite photos collected by the meteorological satellite at that time, and also sent the data sent back by the automatic observation station on the ground before the contact was lost. Sent to Qin Ke together.

Yes, the U.S. meteorological observation station in the Arctic has currently lost contact. The three meteorological observation workers there may have sacrificed their lives for science, but in the final stage, they still sent back a lot of precious meteorological data. Data, including the terrifying low temperature frenzy of dropping 10 degrees Celsius per second.

Qin Ke attached great importance to these data. In order to study these data clearly, he also put aside the earthquake prediction model optimization project that he originally wanted to do personally, and assigned it to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, the European Meteorological Center, and the Australian Meteorological Center. The seismic anomaly research team conducts research.

For this purpose, he specially took out an hour to have a friendly and cordial conversation with Professor Joel Jackman, the chief scientist of the Australian Meteorological Center, and the two sides got along well.

Qin Ke also gave him a main idea plan for the earthquake prediction model he wrote himself - seismology is a branch of physics and belongs to the category of solid planet physics. Qin Ke, who has master-level physics knowledge, has specialized in it some time ago. After absorbing this part of knowledge, your understanding of earthquakes will be almost as good as any expert professor in seismology in the world.

Of course, earthquakes also involve knowledge such as geology and continental plate science, but Qin Ke has read more than a dozen related monographs in the past two weeks and is quite familiar with it.

With this amount of knowledge and the thinking ability of a mathematical god, it is not difficult for Qin Ke to write a logical and feasible earthquake prediction model plan. This plan has previously been given to the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory and the European Meteorological Center each.

Now it's time to hand over the third copy to Professor Joel Jackman.

After Professor Joel Jackman took it solemnly, he patted his chest and promised to fly back to Australia immediately and gathered domestic seismology experts to jointly analyze the abnormal earthquake phenomena in the past year.

After sending away Professor Joel Jackman, Qin Ke began to fully devote himself to the analysis and research of extreme climate phenomena in the Arctic.