After seeing off Walkerson, Du Qiu convened several well-known geologists from the Magical Science and Technology Research Institute to discuss the Great Ice Age.
Guo Guoqiang, the dean of the Geological Research Branch, was from the Tang Dynasty. After listening to Du Qiu's description, he immediately said: "Since the prophecy describes that there will be a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions before the Great Glacial Age, then it is very likely that the Great Ice Age will be volcanic ash
Caused by covering the whole world.”
Zhukovsky, a geological expert from the Rakshasa Kingdom, shook his head slightly and said: "I have studied similar topics before and initially determined that the Great Ice Age was related to the formation of submarine mountains in the tropical ocean of Blue Star.
Covering the world with volcanic ash can cause a period of global cooling, but to truly enter the Great Ice Age, changes in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are fundamental."
Du Qiu asked in surprise: "The formation of submarine mountains should be caused by plate movement, right? How can it affect climate change?"
Zhukovsky explained: "My research has found that during the past several major glaciations of Blue Star, some large mountain ranges were formed in the tropical areas.
This is caused by the collision of continental plates and islands. During the formation of mountains, a large amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be absorbed, causing the atmosphere to no longer maintain heat, and the Blue Star will enter an ice age."
Du Qiu continued to ask: "Why do mountains absorb a large amount of carbon dioxide during the formation of mountains? And why do mountains in tropical areas form like this?"
Zhukovsky smiled and said: "The tropics are relatively humid and prone to erosion. During the formation of mountains, this erosion will cause silicates to dissolve into the ocean.
This greatly increases the alkalinity of seawater, which will quickly absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and dissolve it in the water.
I have studied geological data in the tropics and confirmed that before several major ice ages, the more such mountains protruded in the tropics, the colder the Blue Star would be.
In particular, I found that if the fault zone where the ocean and land plates collide in the tropics reaches 10,000 to 30,000 kilometers, an ice age will occur.
I have also confirmed that there are three such fault zones in the geological rock formations of the three major glacial periods in Blue Star's history, all with a length of more than 10,000 kilometers."
Han Guoqiang asked: "According to your theory, this time Blue Star enters the Great Ice Age, there should also be such new fault zones.
But the prediction says that the Great Ice Age will begin on December 21 this year. In less than half a year, how could a large number of submarine mountains suddenly be born in the tropics, or in other words, such huge new fault zones?
Woolen cloth?"
Zhukovsky said with a confused tone: "I also think it is unlikely, so I think the prediction of Mayan civilization may still be false."
At this time, another geologist from Germany, Hoffmann, said: "Everyone, have you forgotten? A major earthquake just occurred in California, USA, and Professor David predicted that the famous San Andreas Fault will collapse.
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Don’t you think that after this fault collapses, no new faults will be created?”
Zhukovsky immediately slapped his head and said: "Yes, we forgot that the prophecy said that there would be major earthquakes and volcanic eruptions before the Great Ice Age.
The volcanic ash erupted from the volcano will quickly cool down the Blue Star, while major earthquakes will produce a large number of fault zones, and plate orogeny will intensify.
The superposition of the two causes the Great Ice Age to become extremely long. From this point of view, the prediction of the Mayan civilization is really possible.
At present, humans can cope with short-term ice ages, but such a long ice age may really make humans extinct."
South Korea forced a smile and said: "With our magical technology, mankind will not become extinct."
Everyone present at the meeting suddenly came to their senses, yes, Magical Technology is building the Heavenly Space City, and if there is really an ice age, at least as a member of Magical Technology, we can survive.
Du Qiu looked at the experts and said: "Since the Great Ice Age may be caused by these two reasons, is there any way we can prevent or slow down the impact of these two."
Han Guoqiang frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Volcanic ash covers the global atmosphere. Perhaps some kind of aircraft can be used to clean up the volcanic ash. In this case, the Blue Star will not cool down quickly."
Zhukovsky suggested: "It may be difficult to stop a major earthquake, but if it is predicted that fault zones will occur in some places, nuclear weapons may be used to blast the corresponding underground areas in advance to stop the extension of the fault zones."
"You're crazy!" Hoffman exclaimed, "This is crazy. Aren't you worried that nuclear weapons will directly create new fault zones?"
Zhukovsky shook his head and said: "I'm not worried. You must know that our Rakshasa Kingdom used nuclear explosions to extinguish fires in natural gas fields as early as the last century, and also used nuclear explosions to dig a huge reservoir. In this regard,
The experience is still very rich.
I believe that as long as the explosion yield and location are well designed, the extension of the fault zone can be effectively blocked, thereby reducing the chance of an ice age."
Zhukovsky's words reminded Du Qiu of detonating a nuclear bomb and attacking the core area of nearby Area 51. Maybe this is a way.
However, if you want to implement this plan, you must at least win the support of the Rakshasa State or the United States. These two countries have large enough nuclear arsenals and sufficient stocks of various kinds.
At this moment, the voice of Xinghai came to my ears.
"Sir, there have been six consecutive earthquakes of magnitude 7 or above in California, USA. The ultramagnetic imaging instrument of our Pterosaur fighter jet found that the San Andreas Fault has collapsed and a new huge fault is heading south into the Gulf of California.
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Du Qiu was startled and asked: "Is the sea water pouring in? Project the image into my conference room."
After finishing speaking, he said to the participating experts: "Everyone, the great earthquake in California, USA, indeed caused the collapse of the San Andreas Fault. This is a live image of the fault there."
A 3D projection appeared above the conference table, clearly showing the entire underground rock formations in California from San Francisco in the north to the Gulf of California in the south.
After seeing this image, a group of geological experts were very shocked. The company's technology is too advanced. How could the underground conditions be photographed so clearly? How could this be photographed, knowing that an earthquake was occurring there?
"Our magical technology really has magical technology. It would be very convenient if our Geological Research Branch could be equipped with this kind of equipment for photographing underground rock formations."
"I think this should be a kind of remote sensing photography technology."
"Stop talking, can remote sensing photography capture rock formations so clearly?"
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Hearing the murmurs of several experts, Du Qiu was a little amused and said: "This equipment is currently classified as top secret and cannot be provided to your research branch for the time being.
Let’s get back to business. Can you evaluate how far this newly formed huge fault crack will extend?”
Zhukovsky pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said: "I can only make a rough estimate. Judging from the current width of the new fault, it is very likely to extend all the way to Central America."
Han Guoqiang gestured at the image in the 3D projection for a while, and then said solemnly: "I'm worried that Costa Rica and Panama in Central America may be affected and sink into the sea. The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans will be directly connected from now on.
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Hoffman also nodded and said: "Yes, I'm afraid Nicaragua and Salvador may not be preserved, but Honduras may bulge into a huge island."
Han Guoqiang sighed and said: "Mo Country may also lose a piece of land, or become a plateau.
This is the first time I have seen such a large fault in my life. Calculated by this calculation, it is already 6,000 kilometers long."
Zhukovsky spread his hands and said: "The first fault zone is 6,000 kilometers long. I don't know where the second fault zone will appear around the equator. As long as there are more than 4,000 kilometers, the Great Ice Age will not be able to escape.
Already."
Du Qiu said to everyone: "Everyone, you need to study this matter in depth. If you have any suggestions that can delay the Great Ice Age, please send it to me at any time."
"Don't worry, boss, our Geology Branch has recently made this topic a top priority."