I really just want to be a scholar

In fact, Qin Ke has previously paid attention to the accelerated melting of Arctic glaciers and permafrost and the resulting global climate change.

The Arctic ecosystem is relatively fragile, but the climate balance system works surprisingly well, with little change for tens of thousands of years. Explorers can even find the remains of prehistoric creatures that were frozen under the permafrost tens of thousands of years ago.

However, with the rapid development of human society, human activities have an increasingly serious impact on the planet's climate balance system.

At least Qin Ke can analyze from the huge data in hand and conclude that under the greenhouse effect, the average temperature in the Arctic is rising year by year. Although the increase is small, it has increased by nearly 2 degrees Celsius over a hundred years.

The direct consequences of the increase in Arctic temperatures are that the sea ice area continues to decrease, the permafrost continues to melt, and the ecosystem in the Arctic region also begins to change. Take the Arctic tundra as an example. In the past, only mosses and other plants grew here. However, as temperatures have continued to rise in recent years, shrubs and green trees have grown in some Arctic tundra areas, and small forests have even formed in some areas.

Anyone who has studied junior high school physics knows that white ice can reflect sunlight, but green plants can absorb light and heat, which further contributes to the slow increase in Arctic temperatures.

So what impact will rising Arctic temperatures have on the climate balance of the entire planet?

First, as the temperature rises, the Arctic ice will continue to melt, causing a large amount of fresh water to flow into the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The most serious consequence is that the North Atlantic warm current will weaken or even stop. We must know that the North Atlantic Warm Current plays an important role in regulating the climate and marine ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere. Once this warm current stops, the Northern Hemisphere will face frequent and extreme climate disasters, such as persistent high temperature and drought.

The second is that it will cause sea levels to rise, which not only directly threatens residents and ecosystems in coastal areas, but also triggers more serious natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods.

Qin Ke previously established an "extreme climate disaster prediction model" based on climate data from Xia and Europe. After deducing the predictions, he came to two conclusions - the high temperature and drought that will continue to occur this summer, and "this winter will be the worst in decades." The coldest winter”—which includes factors affecting climate change in the Arctic and even Antarctica.

However, according to past climate data, it is impossible for the Arctic to suddenly experience a sudden cooling or even a "rare" weird weather phenomenon such as a "mushroom cloud."

In order to solve this mystery and determine whether there will really be adverse consequences of the early arrival of the Little Ice Age, Qin Ke devoted a lot of time and energy to analyzing the causes of extreme Arctic climate and deducing its impact on global climate after returning to the capital. middle.

I wonder if only Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun and Tao Zhexuan, who joined the team later, are also working hard. It is no exaggeration to describe the team's research as day and night.

On the evening of September 9, the "Arctic Extreme Climate Cause Analysis and Future Deduction" project team led by Qin Ke personally held the most important results analysis meeting. In addition to Ning Qingyun and Tao Zhexuan, the participants were also There are more than thirty key personnel from the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory of Qingmu University, as well as Professor Kelvin Thomson, who has just completed the formalities for joining Qingmu University.

Lao Tao is still in the United States, and he participated in the meeting via video conference.

Professor Kelvin Thomson only arrived in Xia Capital three days ago. Qingmu University has already prepared a teachers' apartment in advance to accommodate Professor Thomson's family. His wife's work and son's high school will be properly arranged.

In fact, all the foreign professors and experts who join Qin Ke's "Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team" will work at Qingmu or Yanda as long as they come to Xia State, and their families will also be assisted by the two schools to settle down. In addition, These foreign professors and experts will also receive "special subsidies" from Qingmeng Technology.

This "special allowance" alone is higher than their monthly salary when they were professors at prestigious universities. In addition, the salary from temporary positions at Qingmu and Yanda, as well as the direct solution to the problem of food and accommodation, is enough for their family to live in Xiaguo. A carefree upper class life.

As the saying goes, soft hands eat soft lips, and opportunities are rare, so Professor Thomson did not care about being tired from the journey. After completing various procedures and settling down with his family, he reported to Qin Ke.

When Qin Ke saw his old friend coming to seek refuge in nature, he was not polite at the moment. Considering that the "Global Extreme Climate Big Data Advanced Analysis Team" had not been formally established, he directly absorbed Professor Thomson into the "Arctic Extreme Climate Cause Analysis and Future Deduction" "In this temporary team.

Professor Thomson spent the past two days mainly getting familiar with the materials and the team. He was extremely dedicated to his work and had basically figured out the work content and results of Qin Ke’s team this month. He could also keep up with Qin Ke’s explanations during the meeting. Rhythm.

"After our research over the past month and the analysis of data transmitted by US meteorological satellites over the past month, we have basically figured out the 'extreme climate phenomenon' in the Arctic this time."

"First of all, it is true that the Arctic Circle has cooled significantly in the past month, and its lowest temperature exceeds all our previous recorded data. Because the Arctic cooled so fast this time, ice crystal air masses weighing at least five million tons rose sharply. A 'mushroom cloud' formed and spread from mid-air to the surrounding ice sheets, glaciers and even the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean, causing several warm currents including the North Atlantic Warm Current and the Gulf Stream to disappear directly, while the East Greenland Cold Current, Kuril Current, and Latvia Current The scope of influence of cold currents such as the Braddo Cold Current has become larger!”

Qin Ke pointed at the map and explained with a solemn voice: "It is basically confirmed that the 'Little Ice Age' will officially come to the Northern Hemisphere on November 11, 2. The specific time when each country enters the 'Little Ice Age' is different. , but not more than 24 hours.”

Qin Ke's voice made everyone in the conference room breathe heavily.

The Little Ice Age was no joke.

Although modern society is technologically advanced and its ability to resist disasters is far better than that of three or four hundred years ago, if the Little Ice Age really begins to enter, the situation will not be optimistic, and the Little Ice Age really comes early. Qin Ke originally made the decision "next year" "The more severe high temperature and drought in summer" is expected to require adjustments.

Qin Ke continued: "According to our research, we found that this 'Little Ice Age' has similarities and differences with the 'Little Ice Age' more than 300 years ago."

"During the 'Little Ice Age' more than 28 years ago, winters were particularly cold and long. Although there was no relevant temperature measurement technology at that time, we analyzed from historical records that the average winter climate in northern Xia was around -100°C. Winter has been extended by one month on average, which reduces the time suitable for crop growth by more than a month, and the highest altitude suitable for farming has dropped by 200 to meters. These factors have led to severe reductions in food crop production. Coupled with superimposed droughts, the annual The grain harvest was even less than one-half of previous years, leading to a great famine. The population dropped sharply by nearly one-half at the end of the Ming Dynasty..."      Agriculture at that time was also relatively backward, and grain output was low. Natural disasters would lead to rapid famine. As the epidemic spreads and food prices rise, all walks of life have to pay a higher price for food and clothing needs, and living standards have also been reduced. When they try their best and cannot obtain enough food, social turmoil will naturally occur. This was also one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty in the Xia Kingdom. Qin Ke did not elaborate on the history. He changed the topic and returned to the present:

"This time the 'Little Ice Age' is relatively close in winter time span. Our autumn only lasts for more than a month from mid-September to late October, and then it will enter early winter, and directly enter the severe winter on November 9. , it will not be until mid-to-late February next year that the long and cold winter is over and enters the relatively cold spring. During this period, the temperature dropped sharply. The average temperature in the northern part of Xia Kingdom was only about -10℃, and some areas with the lowest temperature were There may be ultra-low temperatures of -11°C!”

Although it is still autumn, the air is fresh and extremely comfortable, but when they heard "-45℃", everyone present subconsciously shrank their necks, as if they could already feel the biting cold.

Qin Ke knocked on the whiteboard heavily: "The biggest feature of this 'Little Ice Age' is that it cools quickly and has a large impact. Starting from November 11, the temperature may drop by more than 2℃ in a day. In just two or three days, the cold wave will arrive in my country's southernmost provinces, where the lowest temperature will fall below 20°C. People in the south who have never seen snow will experience at least five snowstorms this winter. !”

The scene was filled with gasps again.

Watching wind and snow in the south sounds very romantic, but everyone knows that this will have a very serious negative impact on the country's agriculture, animal husbandry, and commercial economy. At least icy roads will greatly reduce logistics efficiency.

"It can be said that the situation we are facing this time is very serious. The most important thing we need to do now is to issue early warning information so that all countries and people in the northern hemisphere can prepare for the cold winter, especially the reserves of food, fresh water, and energy. !”

"Of course, you don't have to be too alarmed. In the past few years, Xiaguo's planting technology and seed breeding quality have made leaps and bounds, especially with the vigorous promotion of the perfect desert sweet potato in the northwest region, the rapid commissioning of the saltwater lake desalination plant, and the Ning Technology has developed a series of crop seeds that can withstand extreme high temperatures, droughts, low temperatures, wind and snow. At least fresh water and food are no longer a problem. We can cope with this 'Little Ice Age' more calmly."

“Even if there is a long period of extremely bad weather that affects the transportation efficiency of food, vegetables and fruits, the current ‘new trend’ of planting vegetables and fruits such as rapeseed and tomatoes on the balcony of almost every household in the city can guarantee the green life of the whole family in a short time. Nutrient intake.”

As for other countries in the northern hemisphere, including Europe, the United States, Canada, Goose Country, etc., Qin Ke did not mention them. These countries have already had complete disaster prevention and response capabilities in terms of food and fresh water, and there is no need for Qin Ke to worry about them. .

Everyone was secretly happy when they heard this.

Even Professor Thomson and Lao Tao couldn't help but look at Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun.

Call it a coincidence, call it Qin Ke and Ning Qingyun's "high vision", but no one can deny that it was these two young people who developed "computational seed science" and "perfect desert". "Sweet potato" has ushered in a new era of high efficiency in the cultivation of food seeds in the world. Grain production has increased greatly. Even the edges of deserts have been "surrounded" by desert sweet potatoes, making "famine" a fixed problem in human society for thousands of years. The disease was cured.

In the past three years, these two young people have devoted themselves to the research of desalination technology of seawater and salt water without hesitation despite the strange eyes. Even if they were secretly ridiculed by others as "the research is too low-end", they did not waver at all. Finally, they launched an extremely efficient and low-energy technology. The integrated fresh water technology solution for water consumption has recently solved the problem of nuclear sewage in one fell swoop, making safe water no longer a problem. It is estimated that within two years, mankind will be completely free from the threat of fresh water crisis.

From this perspective, I am afraid that these two young academicians have saved mankind twice.

Otherwise, just with the arrival of this "Little Ice Age", human society may suffer great losses, and may even trigger wars due to lack of food and water...

Qin Ke didn't care what everyone was thinking at this time. He tapped the whiteboard lightly to let everyone put their thoughts away.

"I just talked about our first research result, which is the emergence and possible impact of the 'Little Ice Age'. Next, I will talk about our other most important research result, which is the occurrence of this climate change in the Arctic. Analysis of the causes of the mutation!"

Everyone sat up straight because the final big data model was built by Qin Ke, Ning Qingyun and Lao Tao. Apart from the three of them, no one present knew in advance what this big data model "revealed". At this time, they were all eagerly waiting for Qin Ke to reveal the answer.

"There are sudden climate changes in the Arctic. We temporarily believe that there are two main causes. The first main cause is the change in the distance between the earth and the sun."

"The orbit of our planet around the sun is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse. I believe everyone knows this. Kepler discussed this in detail. This is also the origin of perihelion and aphelion. But this The orbit has been changing, both due to the gravitational influence of other planets and the mass changes of the sun itself. After comparing the climate data in recent decades and the cosmic observation data recently sent to us by the United States, we Found a problem."

"The distance between the Earth and the sun has become more extreme than it was a hundred years ago, that is, perihelion is closer to the sun and aphelion is further away from the sun, and the rotation axis of our planet has also undergone a subtle tilt. Under the combined influence of these two changes , causing our planet to experience colder winters and hotter summers."

"Of course, these are only some of the reasons for the extreme climate anomalies in the Arctic. Another important reason is that more than a month ago, the sun experienced a violent flare and coronal mass ejection. Under the influence of many factors, these high-energy charged particles It did not fall on most areas of a certain hemisphere like before, but directly bombarded the sky over the North Pole, penetrated the external protective magnetosphere and atmosphere, and fell on the ice sheet of the North Pole, seriously affecting the distribution of the magnetic field in the North Pole!"

"Based on the 'unified theory of the three forces of strong and weak force electromagnetism', we conducted a large number of simulations on this event and found that the bombardment caused chaos in the North Pole magnetic field, which in turn affected the internal energy flow underground. The final result It was the sharp drop in surface temperatures in the Arctic that caused the 'mushroom cloud' mutation! It also led to the early arrival of this 'Little Ice Age'!"

"According to our current speculation, the change in the distance between the Earth and the sun is also related to the abnormal activities of the sun itself. That is to say, the abnormal activities of the sun and the continuous ejection of matter and energy towards our planet have caused the planet's magnetic field to change. The external space environment such as the atmosphere, ionosphere, and middle and upper atmosphere is strongly disturbed, which in turn affects the global climate and even the energy and magnetic field inside the planet!"

"And confirming this conjecture will be the focus of our next research!" (End of this chapter)