Chapter 121: Is This a Nuclear Winter? (below)

ps: Regarding the paragraph about starving to death of 30 million, I have never denied that many people starved to death at that time, but it is definitely not as exaggerated as 30 million, 5 million will not be there, probably 3 or 4 million is the limit. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe so-called 30 million is an air-to-air statement that counts the "number of newborn births". According to the same statistical standards, the United States "starved to death" during the Great Depression, and the tyranny of family planning has killed hundreds of millions of people.

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The travelers did not pay much attention to the extremely cold winter weather and the unusually low temperature in the spring that appeared on the European continent in 1947 -- because, according to the original history, Europe in the past two years should have been a year of abnormal climate, cold waves, and constant floods and droughts. Since Europeans can hold on to the past in that world without panic, there will be no problems with the current plug-in.

It wasn't until they learned the news of the "June snowfall" in Germany and France that Wang Qiu and the others felt that something seemed to be wrong, and they hurriedly collected the disaster reports of the current European countries, and then compared them with the historical meteorological data of their world, and they were shocked to find that this thing was ...... It's really bad!

From Eastern Europe to Western Europe, from Southern Europe to Northern Europe, the whole of Europe seems to be entering an ice age, and those who have frozen to death are not mentioned for the time being, according to the current situation, most of the agricultural production in Europe will be wiped out this year! How many people will starve to death at that time, only God knows.

And the reason for all this seems to be very clear: it is the two Icelandic volcanoes that are erupting violently: since they were triggered to erupt, the two Icelandic volcanoes have erupted from March to July, and the smoke column formed by the eruption is about 20~30 kilometers high, all the way to the highest layer of the atmosphere - the stratosphere. The ensuing smoke and dust obscured almost the entire North Atlantic, and it shows no signs of abating.

-- If a volcano is like a burning boiler, then volcanic ash is like smoke and dust in a chimney. Volcanic ash is actually tiny particles emitted by volcanoes, generally light gray, fine powder, less than 2 mm in diameter, and some even less than 0.1 mm. The extremely high temperature inside the volcano causes these particles to melt into spherical shapes. With the force of a huge volcanic eruption, these miniature glass beads-like volcanic ash rises to an altitude of thousands or even tens of thousands of meters into the stratosphere. The stratosphere is hot and cold, the air is thin, and there is very little water vapor, so there are almost no weather changes such as thunder, rain, and wind in this layer, and the air convection is very weak, and the volcanic ash itself is very light, so it is difficult for the volcanic ash that breaks into the stratosphere to be carried away by rain and air currents in the short term. The volcanic ash spewed out in this way forms a layer in the Earth's atmosphere, which "covers the sky with one hand", blocking out the light and heat released by the sun to the entire Earth, resulting in low temperatures. In addition to a large amount of volcanic ash staying in the stratosphere of the atmosphere for a long time, blocking part of the sun's radiation, the large amount of sulfur contained in the gas emitted by the volcano is also one of the culprits that hinder the radiation of sunlight.

As a result, volcanic eruptions will cause the climate to cool, which is inevitable. But as the ash slowly dissipates, the global climate will gradually return to normal – but only God knows how long this process will take, whether it be months or decades.

Because volcanic ash takes time to move through the atmosphere, it will initially only affect the climate in nearby areas, namely North America and Europe, and the climate impact on the rest of the world will not be felt until next year - but at the end of the day, no one of humanity will be able to escape!

Well, although it was not a nuclear winter directly blown up by an atomic bomb, the large-scale eruption of the Icelandic volcano that does not correspond to the historical line was originally triggered by a large number of atomic bombs, and it seems that it is not impossible to say that it is a nuclear winter created by humans themselves.

No matter how the causes of the catastrophe are analysed, the fact that Europeans are heading for the abyss of destruction this year is a brutal reality that cannot be disputed - first because of the extreme cold that caused nearly four million people to freeze to death on the continent, then because of the atomic bombings that killed more than three million people, then because of the destruction of urban infrastructure by nuclear bombings, and in the unseasonable snowfall of spring and summer, no less than two million people died across the continent. Counting the series of nuclear bombings, wars, bombings and massacres that took place in Europe at the end of last year, the number of deaths in World War III has already surpassed that of World War II. As for the island of Great Britain, which is outside the scope of statistics...... Let's hope the island's population doesn't fall back to Arthurian levels next year!

After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the entire island of Great Britain in the Dark Ages (Arthurian era) had a population of about 1 million.

In short, only about half a year after the outbreak of World War III, almost 40 million people died in the whole of Europe, and at least 70 million people have died in the world. If this situation continues, the imminent outbreak of the megalodomor and the collapse of social order will further reduce the population of Europe.

-- With the rapid development of military science and technology, the speed at which mankind is destroying itself has also shown an exponential upward trend.

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“…… All in all, there is no point in continuing to talk about the causes of this catastrophe here any longer. And more importantly, what's next? Comrade Wang Qiu, do you have a way to extinguish those two erupting Icelandic volcanoes? ”

In the back house of the Truk Naval Shrine, Senior Sister Ma Tong used a horse whip found out of nowhere, knocking on the world map hanging on the wall and said.

“…… Extinguish two erupting volcanoes?! Are you kidding? Spare me! ”

Wang Qiu smiled bitterly, "...... Even in Doraemon's black tech props, there is no such thing - at least not in my hand. ”

“…… Since there is no way to extinguish the fire mountain...... So, what will happen if this situation continues? ”

“…… Ahem, on this issue, the relevant departments have asked the people of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to use the latest supercomputer completed in China to help us make a computer simulation, and the results of the deduction seem to be very unoptimistic......"

Professor Guo pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and replied with a dry cough, while pulling out a densely packed booklet from his pocket, "...... If the two volcanoes of Eyjafara and Katla continue to erupt at the current rate until the end of the year, the two volcanoes will be directly 'ejected from the summit', ejecting at least 300 cubic kilometers of ash into the atmosphere. These small particles of volcanic ash have formed a huge cloud of smoke and continue to expand, gradually spreading over the Earth, and are expected to remain in the air for two to five years. It is even possible to induce several other Icelandic volcanoes to erupt, which could eventually cause a series of devastating consequences for the entire civilized world of the planet.

First of all, the whole of Iceland is now completely covered in smoke, there is no light of day for several months, even at noon the sky is still dark, the entire land is covered with thick volcanic ash, basically no longer suitable for human life, and it is expected that after the eruption, the island will become uninhabited again.

Secondly, the Faroe Islands, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, northern Scotland in the Norwegian Sea, and Greenland in the Americas, have all fallen a large amount of volcanic ash, and the amount of sunlight has dropped sharply, and the summer temperature has plummeted. According to satellite observations, the fjords of Greenland's two main settlements remain frozen so far, and residents are unable to go out to sea to fish, and if they are not rescued, they will soon be at risk of freezing and starving.

Third, the impact of this volcanic smoke cloud has been felt in many ways throughout Europe, from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, and throughout North America, from the Florida Peninsula to Quebec. Starting this summer. Norwegians are often able to see the long-lasting dark red twilight and dawn light. In eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, there is a constant "dry fog" that cannot be dispersed by wind and rain.

The combination of all these factors has made this summer's Europe and North America generally low temperatures, and the growth of crops is extremely worrying, coupled with the two consecutive years of extremely cold weather, Europe and North America will usher in the coldest winter in hundreds of years next year, and the coolest summer - this year's winter in Europe has generally dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius, and next winter's extremely cold weather will be even colder than this year! During this period, crops in Britain, Ireland and Canada will be largely wiped out, and if there is no foreign food import, a devastating and terrible famine will erupt.

Fourth, over time, by this winter or next spring, the impact of the eruption in Iceland will really expand globally. The global average temperature will drop by two degrees Celsius to five degrees Celsius - note that this is only a long-term average temperature, and temperature fluctuations will be more dramatic in short or local periods, with real snow falling in June in many places, ushering in a 'summer-free year'...... Global agricultural production will be on the verge of collapse, food production will plummet by 30 to half, and many countries will struggle to maintain basic social order.

In times of peace, humanity might still be able to unite and respond to this catastrophe. But now, in the midst of a life-and-death world war between the two camps, both sides will only do their best to interfere with and sabotage the opponent's disaster response efforts, so that the enemy country will be destroyed more completely in the catastrophe......"

“…… Tsk, that's a ...... It's terrifying, like the mythical end of the world! Isn't that an exaggeration? ”

Ma Tong was a little creepy when he heard this, and couldn't help but muttered in a worried voice, "...... Volcanic ash is everywhere, no sunlight is visible, global temperatures are low, and plants are dying...... It sounds like the dinosaurs went extinct - the whole biosphere was destroyed! Can our planet afford it? The technical conditions of the World War II era are not enough, but if this situation continues, will the earth really be destroyed by us humans? ”

However, as a "terminator" who had personally created several major operations to destroy the world, Comrade Wang Qiu was very unimpressed with this, and even sneered at it...... What's this little bit of a battle? At most, it is the level of disasters we have seen before, the level of disasters in the Xiaoice period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if you consider that the duration is only three or five years at most, it is not as harmful as the Xiaoice period at the end of the Ming Dynasty! Even the 'genuine' nuclear winter in the science fiction description is far worse than the mass extinction of the dinosaurs! Even the meteorite impact that wiped out the dinosaurs was only the least damaging and the last of the five mass extinctions in the history of the earth...... Our planet is not so fragile! (To be continued.) )