Penguin Station.

It is about 17.6 kilometers from the Enderbid base in the Antarctic Territory, and the two sides are connected by a subway.

The main reason why the penguin station was not built directly above the base was for safety.

After all, the brutality of human beings sometimes has no bottom line, and once it really kills the red eye, whether the other party will throw nuclear bombs at the scientific research station is really a difficult thing to determine.

Wu Yongxing took the subway to Penguin Station.

Take the elevator up to the inside of the main building of the research station.

He came to inspect the research station, and at the same time to express his condolences to the employees on duty here.

The stationmaster of Penguin Station is a bald man, not like a scientific researcher at all, but like a gang boss, and his expression is a little fierce when he is not smiling.

"Andrey, are you adapting to life here?"

The bald man Andrei waved his hand: "No problem, my hometown is in Chita, and the winter there is similar to Antarctica." ”

"I heard that some time ago, people from Showa Station came running?" Wu Yongxing stood in front of the one-way floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the white ice sheet in the distance.

Andre sneered: "It's just the master's mission, behind them is Americaka, obviously afraid that we will do things in Antarctica, and deliberately arrange those Dongying people to come and test us." ”

"By the way, in about 9 days, the nuclear-powered icebreaker sent by the headquarters will transport a batch of supplies, and you will be ready to receive them at that time."

"No problem." Andrei made a note of it.

Although the Enderby base can be self-sufficient, Penguin Station still needs to maintain a certain amount of external material input to reduce the attention of the outside world.

Andre and the others are not Xibei cargo scientific researchers, but genuine, and they are indeed carrying out various scientific research tasks.

This includes launching small airships to reconnoiter the repair of the ozone hole over Antarctica; drilling of ice samples from the surrounding ice sheet; Investigate marine life in the surrounding waters, etc.

Since it is a scientific research station, it must have the appearance of a scientific research station.

Before the Dongying scientific expedition team came to conduct "academic exchanges", Andre and others also coped with it freely, and did not show their academic ability.

Wu Yongxing asked curiously, "Have you researched anything?" ”

"The ozone layer over Antarctica has been repaired, and as long as freon-based chemicals are not used, the ozone layer should not be a big problem."

André then continued: "We also found traces of king crabs at the junction of the nearby trench and the continental shelf. ”

"King crab? Alaskan king crab? Wu Yongxing was stunned for a moment.

"According to genetic testing, the king crab in Antarctica and the Alaskan king crab are the same species, and these king crabs should have reached the Southern Ocean through ocean currents."

Wu Yongxing touched his chin, and then asked, "What will be the impact of the appearance of the king crab here?" ”

"It will destroy the underwater ecology of the Southern Ocean, the king crab has no natural predators here, and humans rarely fish in the Southern Ocean, the population of the king crab here is growing very fast, almost out of control."

Wu Yongxing thought for a while: "It seems that I need to propose to the headquarters that the nuclear-powered icebreaker that comes over to supply the Penguin Station and the Blue Whale Station in the future can catch king crab on a part-time basis." ”

Hearing Wu Yongxing's idea, Andre also laughed: "This is a method, anyway, when the supply ship goes back, it will be an empty boat, and you can get some economic benefits by catching some king crabs." ”

"You sort out the king crab habitat in the Southern Ocean, and when I write the report, send it back together."

"No problem."

The king crabs, who are rampaging in the Southern Ocean, do not know that a terrorist force is targeting them.

The two chatted for a while, and Andrei took him to visit the vegetable planting cabin of the scientific research station.

There are a total of 16 vegetable planting cabins at the research station, arranged in four rows, buried in the ice, which can produce a variety of vegetables, as well as watermelons, cantaloupes and strawberries.

Andrei cut open a jade cantaloupe: "This kind of planting pod is really good, as long as there is enough energy, you can grow vegetables and fruits." ”

Wu Yongxing took a bite: "The sugar content of 18.6 is quite high, but it is a little softer." ”

"That's what characterizes this breed."

"I still like a little crunch." Although he didn't like this variety of cantaloupe very much, Wu Yongxing still ate up that piece: "Is the power of the nuclear power tank of the scientific research station enough?" ”

"That's enough, we only have 150 people, and the equipment doesn't use much electricity."

The Penguin research station is equipped with two nuclear power chambers.

This small nuclear power plant, which is larger than the average shipping container, has a power generation capacity of 2 megawatts, and is also a thorium-based molten salt power generation system, which is specially designed for small bases.

Moreover, the waste heat of this nuclear power tank can supply heating to the scientific research station.

For an extremely cold uninhabited area like Antarctica, nuclear power is more convenient than other energy sources and has lower operating costs.

If oil-fired generators or natural gas generators are used, the operating costs of the power generation system will soar due to the back-and-forth transportation.

As for the fact that international conventions do not allow the construction of nuclear facilities in Antarctica, Homo sapiens does not care, because Homo sapiens has not signed it.

After eating the melon, the two came to the sample room of the scientific research station again.

There are many frozen ice samples on display, and more than a dozen researchers are immersed in studying the ice samples.

Wu Yongxing did not disturb them, but silently browsed through the experimental reports.

That was until he picked up one of the copies labeled: [Enderbidi 375 Drill Core Sample Research Report]

Flipping through the report, it lists the ice deposits that researchers have used to analyze drill cores to obtain from various periods of the earth.

And then through these ice deposits, we can study what happened to the earth in various periods.

"The Peculiarities of the New Fairy Wood Event......"

André glanced at the report and explained in a low voice: "This is a geological event 10,000 years ago, which is mainly manifested by a sudden and large-scale global cooling. ”

"Sudden widespread cooling?"

"Well, this sudden cooling has caused very serious damage, especially for living beings, even if it is the current human race, except for the company, once other forces encounter this sudden and large-scale cooling, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties."

Wu Yongxing's eyes narrowed slightly: "What is the cause of the New Fairy Wood incident?" It can't happen for no reason, right? ”

Andrei replied helplessly: "At present, there is no accurate answer in the academic community, there are several hypotheses, and I personally agree with the North Atlantic warm current anomaly hypothesis." ”

"The North Atlantic Current, which passes through North America and brings warmth to Western Europe?"

Andre said with some concern: "Exactly, in fact, in the last ten years, the intensity of the North Atlantic warm current has been declining, and it is becoming more and more irregular. ”

Wu Yongxing fell into deep thought, although the Homo sapiens company was an order of magnitude superior to other forces on Earth in terms of its ability to resist natural disasters.

But that doesn't mean you can be unscrupulous.

Human beings are still fragile and insignificant ants in the face of nature.

He thought for a moment, then asked, "If the North Atlantic Stream is cut off, will the world enter an ice age?" ”

Andrei shook his head: "Probably not, after all, in the process of human industrialization, a large amount of carbon dioxide is emitted, and greenhouse gases can reduce the impact of the North Atlantic warm current interruption, but the global temperature will definitely drop by one or two degrees." ”

After weighing the pros and cons, Wu Yongxing instructed: "Andre, you take the North Atlantic warm current as the topic, write a professional assessment report, and then report it to the Ministry of Science. ”

"Yes." Andrei nodded.

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