Chapter 429 International Research Station
People often realize that the melting of Antarctica is particularly noticeable, only to be discovered by media reports.
They are worried about some foreseeable dangers, and anyone who reads a little bit knows that the massive melting of Antarctic glaciers, Arctic sea ice, and mountain glaciers will inevitably lead to sea level rise.
The world's major powers have hundreds of satellites scanning the Earth, and they also have monitoring stations around the world.
Especially in the Antarctic region, all major countries in the world have scientific research stations to monitor changes in the Antarctic region at any time.
As soon as the temperature in the Antarctic region has just risen, the high-level officials of various countries have already learned the news.
They are not worried about rising sea levels due to melting Antarctic glaciers.
Antarctic glaciers are melting at a limited rate each year, even if there is no way to transport water from Earth to outer space.
There are many arid and water-scarce countries in the world, and they dig several large reservoirs to store fresh water after desalination.
This would solve the problem of melting most of the Antarctic glaciers and adding water to the ocean.
Coupled with rising global temperatures, the ocean is evaporating faster, and more water is evaporating into the atmosphere.
There are now so many means to regulate the total amount of seawater, and the world powers are not worried about this problem at all.
There is another reason why the world powers learned that the Antarctic glaciers were melting, and they began to get nervous as well.
Antarctic glaciers contain ancient microbial and plant seeds.
The natural world is very amazing, even after a long period of dormancy, some creatures will still regain their corresponding vitality when they wait for the right environment.
There is a species of frog in North America that can keep its cells dormant at minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius, and once the temperature rises, their cells will return to life.
For high-value livestock, embryos can be preserved by freezing embryos, and cell viability can remain unchanged for decades.
But these are the vital activities that preserve animal cells for a short period of time.
However, existing biological theories cannot support that animal cells are still alive after hundreds of thousands of years of freezing.
But there are already examples around the world that prove that microorganisms and plants can remain alive even after tens of thousands of years.
As the Arctic permafrost begins to melt due to global warming, it is not only releasing large amounts of methane gas, but also many ancient microorganisms.
Most of the ancient microorganisms did not adapt to the present environment and died quickly.
But there are some ancient microorganisms, like invasive species, which are very adaptable to the current environment and cause a lot of damage.
The lotus seeds of the thousand-year-old lotus were collected in Huaxia, and after being cultivated, the lotus flowers regrow, and the ancient lotus flowers that are very different from the current lotus flowers bloom.
In order to prevent the release of microorganisms from Antarctic glaciers into the ecological environment, the world's major countries have caused irreparable damage to the world.
Some plant seeds in Antarctic glaciers re-germinate, causing species to invade.
The world's major powers have come together to set up an international research station in Antarctica, bringing together leading biologists from all over the world to continuously monitor the ancient organisms released from the glaciers of Antarctica.
The Antarctica International Research Station, which is located in the heart of Antarctica. There are often snowstorms here.
Wang Yunjie wore a light self-heating protective suit and walked around the Antarctic International Research Station.
He threw the small dried fish in his hand into the group of emperor penguins that often came to the vicinity of the international research station.
These emperor penguins have become accustomed to being fed, and when they feel hungry, they come to the vicinity of the international research station to sell their cuteness, waiting for people to feed them.
Wang Yunjie walked into the international scientific research station, and the layout here is similar to that of the ordinary laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
When Italian scientist Vermeer saw Wang Yunjie walk in, he gave a thumbs up and exclaimed: "Yunjie, the experimental equipment donated by your Huaxia is too advanced, and the analysis results can come out quickly."
"The proliferation of scientific research equipment is very fast, and when you return to China, your country's laboratories have already purchased these equipment." Wang Yunjie speculated with a smile.
A middle-aged man soaked in water walked into the international research station. He was wrapped tightly all over.
Robert took off his helmet and wiped the sweat from his face with a towel.
He complained helplessly: "If you don't participate in international project cooperation, you can accept the transformation of longevity light technology and live longer, who wants to come to Antarctica to suffer."
Wang Yunjie asked, "Robert, have you fallen into the ice cave again?"
As the temperature in Antarctica warms, the ice sheet thins in some places, and there is nothing wrong with the surface.
When vehicles walk in these places, they will directly crush the thin layer of ice, and even people and equipment will fall into the ice holes.
Robert sighed and said, "Such a terrible environment doesn't give us a flying car."
I went to collect samples from the automatic collection box, and on the way back, somewhere the ice broke, but luckily there was water in it, otherwise I might have broken my bones again.
I'm resting for the next few days, and it's your turn to collect samples.
If we don't want to be offended, we collectively apply and ask for a flying car for our international research station. ”
After Robert finished speaking, he beckoned outside, and the intelligent robot walked in with a small box.
He handed the box to Vermeer and said, "These are the samples collected this week, you guys hurry up and analyze the results."
Wang and Vermeer brought the samples collected by Robert into the lab.
There are more than 10 scientists in the laboratory, and almost every well-known country has sent a scientist to join the international scientific research station.
Their main purpose is to learn about the situation of the international research station.
If they really find that there are highly dangerous microorganisms, they can learn the information first and prevent them.
If valuable ancient creatures are found, they can also grasp these materials in advance.
Using advanced instruments, the scientists were able to analyze the samples in no time.
The collected microbial DNA is compared with known microbial DNA.
Once undocumented microorganisms are discovered, scientists begin testing them for harmfulness.
The scientists went through intense testing and quickly came up with test data.
Each scientist receives a copy of the final test results.
Wang Yunjie looked at the test results in his hand, and this time they really found something new.
This week, a total of five microorganisms that have not been entered into the database of known microorganisms were found in the atmosphere, water sources and animals of Antarctica.
After DNA sequencing, 4 species of microorganisms were recovered ancient microorganisms.
Of these five newly discovered microorganisms, three microorganisms are not adapted to the current environment, and it is difficult for them to reproduce in nature.
Of the remaining two microorganisms, one is a harmless microorganism and is not worth paying attention to at all.
Another type of microbial host cell is sheep, which can cause disease and death in all kinds of sheep.
Scientists have already begun to study the vaccine, and when the vaccine is successful, it is recommended that all countries around the world vaccinate farmed and wild sheep.
They need to establish an intact immune barrier before the creature spreads out of Antarctica.
This is their daily work, Wang Yunjie knows that it is important to save sheep, and more importantly, to detect microorganisms that are harmful to humans in advance.
Before it spreads, an immune barrier must be established to create a specialized therapeutic agent.
Now that biotechnology is developing very well, as long as human civilization is given a certain amount of time to prepare, any microorganism can be contained, and it is impossible to cause serious damage like major infectious diseases such as influenza.
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