September 27, Western Xinjiang Province.

Gu Kaiwen, accompanied by Sun Fei, arrived at the scene by helicopter, and after several days of research, the problem of the collapse of the Lingu glacier became more and more serious.

The ice cave, which was originally close to 50 meters in diameter, has now expanded to 80 meters, and is still expanding, and what is worse is that according to the research of relevant experts, there are large-scale underground cavities in the Lingu Glacier, and these underground cavities may collapse at any time.

"Brother Sun, how serious is the situation here?" Gu Kaiwen asked.

Sun Fei shook his head, "Wait a minute, you can ask the experts, I don't know enough about the situation." Sun Fei led the way and responded to Gu Kaiwen.

"Mr. Gu, let me introduce to you, this is Professor Li Rongguo Li, one of the top experts in our domestic glacier research, and he is the leader of this scientific research team. Sun Fei introduced.

Sun Fei continued to introduce Li Rongguo, "Professor Li, this one is Mr. Gu Kaiwen Gu, who is a well-known investor in the field of natural environmental protection in China. ”

"Hello, Professor Li. Gu Kaiwen took the initiative to stretch out his hand.

Li Rongguo shook hands with Gu Kaiwen, and he responded, "I have long heard of Mr. Gu's name, whether it is the Yangtze River soil erosion control project in Shengqing City, or the ongoing floating garbage clean-up plan on the water surface, all of them are good things for the benefit of the country and the people, and I would like to express my high respect to Mr. Gu on behalf of the natural environmental protection workers." ”

Gu Kaiwen waved his hand again and again, and he responded, "Professor Li, what is the situation of the Lingu glacier now, is it caused by global warming?"

Li Rongguo nodded, "That's right." The cause of the collapse of the Lingu glacier is indeed due to global warming. However, global warming is only the cause, and in the overall environment of global warming, the surface ice of the Lingu Glacier melts, resulting in the overall thinning of the surface ice, which is equivalent to a fuse. ”

"Are there other reasons for the collapse of the Lingu Glacier?" Gu Kaiwen asked rhetorically.

Originally, Gu Kaiwen thought it was global warming, but was it just a trigger?

"Yes, there are other reasons. Li Ronghua handed a tablet to Gu Kaiwen, "Mr. Gu, look at the pictures we took on the spot, as well as the relevant information we obtained with the ultrasonic detector." ”

Gu Kaiwen took the tablet and looked at it, the first picture was a huge ice cave that had collapsed, the depth of the ice cave reached ten meters, the diameter reached eighty meters, and it showed an irregular circle.

At the edge of the ice cave, Gu Kaiwen found a problem!

At the edge of the ice cave, you can clearly see the presence of an ice sheet in the uncollapsed area, the thickness of which is marked as 27.8 centimeters, and all the underside of the ice sheet is hollow.

Li Ronghua introduced the picture, "This ice cave, including the area that has not collapsed, has a diameter of 300 meters and a maximum depth of 12 meters. We found nearly 800 similar ice caves in the Lingu Glacier. ”

When Li Ronghua was introducing, he slid the tablet to display the second picture.

The second image shows the extent of the Lingu glacier, which is shaded in green, followed by the area of the ice cave, which is shaded in red.

Gu Kaiwen found a super-large red area in the central area, he pointed to the red area and asked, "What's the situation with this ice cave?"

"We call it the central ice cave, it has a diameter of more than 1,500 meters, a maximum depth of 24 meters, and an ice sheet thickness of 0.4 meters, according to the data we obtained through ultrasonic detectors, once its ice sheet thickness is less than 0.3 meters, the ice sheet structure will not be able to support its own weight, and then cause a chain reaction collapse. ”

"What is the reason for these ice caves?" asked Gu Kaiwen.

Li Ronghua responded, "Mr. Gu, take a look at the next picture." ”

Gu Kaiwen slid the screen of the tablet, and another picture was displayed, this picture is a detailed picture of the bottom of the ice cave, and there are some small holes at the bottom of the ice cave.

"What are these little holes?" asked Gu Kaiwen, pointing to the tablet.

Li Ronghua responded, "They are the cause of the ice cave!"

"Huh?" Gu Kaiwen wondered.

Li Ronghua explained, "A large amount of greenhouse gases are stored under the Lingu Glacier, including a large amount of carbon dioxide and methane, etc., if under normal circumstances, those carbon dioxide and methane will not have any problems, they will stay quietly underground and be suppressed by the Lingu Glacier." ”

"Isn't the current situation normal?" Gu Kaiwen responded.

Li Ronghua nodded affirmatively, "Yes, the current situation is not normal. Affected by global warming, the surface layer of the Lingu Glacier has melted a lot, we have retrieved satellite pictures from previous years, through comprehensive calculation and comparison, last year, the thickness of the ice sheet in the center of the Lingu Glacier should be 0.5 meters, the year before was about 0.55 to 0.6 meters, and ten years ago it was about 1.5 meters thick. ”

"With such a data comparison, Mr. Gu already understands the answer, right?" Li Ronghua sighed.

Gu Kaiwen nodded to understand that if there is no global warming, the surface layer of the Lingu Glacier will not melt, and if the surface layer does not melt, the ice cave hidden in the lower layer of the Lingu Glacier will not collapse, and the ice cave can continue to limit the carbon dioxide and methane and other gases lurking underground if it does not collapse.

To put it simply, global warming is the ultimate culprit, even if it pushes and lets carbon dioxide and methane hidden beneath the Lingu glaciers come out.

"Does the current situation of the Lingu Glacier have any impact?" asked Gu Kaiwen.

Li Ronghua fell silent.

Gu Kaiwen looked at Sun Fei next to him, raised his eyebrows, and his eyes revealed an inquiring look.

Sun Fei spoke, "Professor Li, Gu is always our own person, he can know everything. ”

Li Rong shook his head and said, "I'm not hiding anything, but I don't know, we don't know that we have too little information now, for example, we don't know how much carbon dioxide and methane exist under the Lingu Glacier, and we don't know how long the Lingu Glacier can last, and we are all detecting this information." ”

Li Rong continued, "We have recruited mathematicians and computer experts to help us build data models and computer programs, we have also applied for the right to use the Tianhe supercomputer, we have to analyze the subsequent impact while probing the data, and we have even applied for meteorological satellites to assist us in detecting the ancient glaciers." ”

Although Li Ronghua said it reasonably, Gu Kaiwen didn't believe him!

When he asked about the follow-up impact just now, Gu Kaiwen found a look of horror in the other party's eyes, if Gu Kaiwen didn't guess wrong, the other party would definitely know what the impact was.

Maybe it's because the impact is too serious, and the other party is not sure whether this impact is 100% effective, or is the other party worried that Gu Kaiwen will not be able to accept such an answer, so he chooses to hide the answer?

"Professor Li, you are one of the top experts in the study of glaciers in China, according to the information we currently have, do you guess what the consequences will be?" Gu Kaiwen asked extralytically.

It's just a guess, the other party should be able to say something, right?