Homo sapiens.

Penguin stand.

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

The reason why the penguin station is not built directly above the base is mainly for safety.

After all, human cruelty sometimes has no bottom line. Once it is really red-hot, it is really difficult to determine whether the other party will drop a nuclear bomb at the scientific research station.

Wu Yongxing arrived at Penguin Station by subway.

Use the elevator to go up to the main building of the scientific research station.

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

The stationmaster of Penguin Station is a bald man. He doesn't look like a scientific researcher at all, but looks like a gang boss. His expression is a bit fierce when he is serious.

"Andre, are you used to life here?"

The bald man Andre waved his hand: "No problem, my hometown is in Chita, where the winter is similar to that of Antarctica."

"I heard that some time ago, people from Showa Station ran over?" Wu Yongxing stood in front of the one-way French window, looking at the white ice sheet in the distance.

Andre sneered: "It's just the master's mission. Behind them is America. Obviously, they are afraid of us doing things in Antarctica, and deliberately arranged those Japanese people to come and test us."

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

"No problem." Andre wrote down the matter.

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

Andre and others are not Xibei cargo scientific examiners, but real ones. They are indeed carrying out various scientific research tasks.

Including launching small airships to scout the repair of the ozone layer hole over Antarctica; drilling ice samples from the surrounding ice sheets; investigating marine life in the surrounding sea areas and so on.

Since it is a scientific research station, it must look like a scientific research station.

Before the Dongying Scientific Expedition Team came to conduct "academic exchanges", Andre and others also responded freely, and did not show their academic ability.

Wu Yongxing asked curiously: "Have you researched anything?"

"The ozone layer over Antarctica has been repaired. As long as you don't continue to use freon-like chemicals, the ozone layer should not cause major problems."

Then Andre 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 froze for a moment.

"According to genetic testing, the king crabs in Antarctica and the king crabs in Alaska are the same species. These king crabs should have arrived in the Southern Ocean through ocean currents."

Wu Yongxing touched his chin, and then asked: "What impact will the king crab appear here?"

"It will destroy the bottom ecology of the Southern Ocean. King crabs have no natural enemies here. In addition, humans seldom fish in the Southern Ocean. The population of king crabs 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 icebreakers that come to supply Penguin Station and Blue Whale Station in the future can catch king crab part-time."

Hearing Wu Yongxing's idea, Andre also laughed: "This is a way. Anyway, when the supply ship goes back, it will be empty. If you catch some king crabs, you can get some economic benefits."

"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 rampant in the Southern Ocean don't know that a terrorist force is eyeing them.

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

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

Andre cut open a jade cantaloupe: "This kind of planting cabin 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 soft."

"That's characteristic of the breed."

"I still like crisper ones." Although he doesn't like this variety of cantaloupe, Wu Yongxing still ate up that piece: "Is the nuclear power cabin of the scientific research station enough power?"

"It'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 cabins.

This kind of small nuclear power equipment is larger than ordinary containers and has a power generation capacity of 2 megawatts. It is also a thorium-based molten salt power generation system and is specially used for small bases.

Moreover, the waste heat from this kind of nuclear power cabin can supply heat to the scientific research station.

For the extremely cold and uninhabited land of Antarctica, nuclear power is more convenient than other energy sources, and the operating cost is also lower.

If fuel generators or natural gas generators are used, the back and forth transportation will cause the operating cost of the power generation system to soar.

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

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

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

Wu Yongxing didn't bother them, but silently browsed through the experimental reports.

Until he picked up one of them and marked it: [Research Report on Drill Core Sample No. 375 in Enderby]
Open the report, which lists the ice deposits of the earth in various periods obtained by the researchers through the analysis of the drill cores.

Then, through these ice deposits, it is possible to study what happened to the earth in various periods.

"The particularity of the Younger Dryas incident..."

Andre glanced at the report, and explained in a low voice: "This is a geological event 1 years ago. It mainly manifested as a sudden and large-scale global cooling."

"A sudden large-scale drop in temperature?"

"Well, this kind of sudden drop in temperature can cause very serious damage, especially for creatures, even for the current human beings. Except for companies, once other forces encounter this kind of sudden large-scale drop in temperature, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties. "

Wu Yongxing narrowed his eyes slightly: "What is the cause of the Younger Dryas incident? It can't happen for no reason, right?"

Andre replied helplessly: "At present, there is no accurate answer in the academic circles. There are several hypotheses. I personally agree with the North Atlantic warm current change hypothesis."

"Is it the North Atlantic Current that passes through North America and brings warmth to Western Europe?"

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

Wu Yongxing fell into deep thought, although Homo sapiens' ability to resist natural disasters was an order of magnitude higher than other forces on Earth.

But it doesn't mean you can be unscrupulous.

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

He thought for a while, and then asked, "If the warm current in the North Atlantic stops flowing, will the whole world enter an ice age?"

Andre shook his head: "Probably not. After all, in the process of human industrialization, a large amount of carbon dioxide has been emitted. 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 ordered: "Andre, you take the North Atlantic warm current interruption as the subject, write a professional assessment report, and then submit it to the Science Department."

"Okay." Andre nodded.

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