<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > preface</h1>
3 million years ago, humans and apes completely evolved and separated, forming two different species. Gradually, through the passage of time, we have played a dominant role in this natural world. Throughout history, 500 million years ago, there were countless creatures that dominated the planet, starting with the existence of living things on Earth.
For example, the overlord of the Permian, the Lidont, and the Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and the overlords of the three epochs - dinosaurs. But even such a powerful creature, because of natural disasters, disappeared forever in the torrent of the times.
The Earth is an elusive and mysterious existence, being hit by gamma rays during the Ordovician, causing global temperatures to cool and sea levels to fall; during the Devonian period, oxygen levels in the waters dropped, and 70% of organisms disappeared; and in the Permian era, which was the largest extinction event on the earth, volcanic activity, climate change, sea level fluctuations, 97% of the organisms disappeared in that era.
Of course, there are also the Triassic to Cretaceous, the period of dinosaur activity, climatic reasons and extinction disasters caused by geological plate activity such as volcanoes. We can't help but sigh at where the future of our humanity should go.
The low-carbon life that we have been advocating has always advocated to reduce carbon emissions in our lives. The reason for the advocacy is that the global temperature is warming, the glaciers in the polar regions are beginning to melt, and the secrets buried under these polar no-man's lands are slowly revealed to the world.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > thawing permafrost everywhere in the world</h1>
The so-called frozen soil is due to the extremely low temperature, in the environment below 0 ° C all year round, it is impossible to grow plants or rocks that contain ice.
These layers of permafrost are so hard that they cannot be chiseled with ordinary tools. The permafrost is widely distributed at high altitudes and in the polar regions, as we know it, the Arctic and Antarctic.
Near the North Pole, there is such a permafrost layer, called the "Siberian Permafrost Layer", which is covered with ice and snow all year round, and the soil is very hard. However, with the global heating in recent years, these ice layers have begun to slowly melt, and some polar workers and explorers here have discovered some historical sites and biological beings that have been frozen for many years through continuous exploration.
In 2007, while polar workers were working to probe the environment, they found the remains of a creature buried for many years under the Siberian permafrost. With the continuous excavation and exploration in recent years, a total of 5 prehistoric creatures have been excavated, unveiling the mystery of prehistoric creatures.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="11" > 5 prehistoric biological remains found </h1>
Long-haired rhinoceros baby
The breed of the long-haired rhino belongs to the ancient woolly rhinoceros, which first appeared before 35,000 years ago, and the vegetarian, and the modern rhinoceros are close relatives, and the blood relationship is relatively close.
The long-haired rhinoceros mummy found this time is a newly weaned baby cow that lived until 10,000 years ago and was widely distributed in the mammoth steppe and Siberia.
After bold speculation by scientists, during the period of the long-haired rhinoceros' survival, the temperature of the Siberian region and the mammoth steppe suddenly changed, which caused changes in the food sources and habitats of the organisms in the region, and the long-haired rhinoceros species were also one of the victims. They could not adapt to this new environment, so they became extinct 1,000 years ago.
Researchers who previously said they were working to find the DNA left over from the rhinoceros, and if they could find and obtain it, they intended to resequerate the genes of the rhinoceros and then combine with more intimate creatures to "resurrect" the rhinoceros.
Mammoth
In the Siberian region, an explorer accidentally found 2 elephant-like corpses, which were fairly well preserved. Through careful research by biologists, they eventually discovered that this was not the remains of a modern elephant, but a prehistoric creature "mammoth".
Mammoths, also known as woolly elephants, are large, weighing up to 12 tons as adults and adapting to cold climates. Unlike modern elephants, mammoths have a pair of giant horns that curve towards themselves in a circular arc.
And in order to adapt to the living environment in extremely cold areas, mammoths also grew a lot of hair on their backs, probably before 2000 BC.
The 2 mammoths lived 42,000 years ago and were found to be intact, and their throats were found to be full of mud through testing.
It can be boldly speculated that the cause of death of these 2 giant elephants was that they fell into the mud and suffocated in the mud due to their large size, but because they were located in an extremely cold area, the bodies did not receive any damage. On 12 April 2012, the Hong Kong International Finance Centre Exhibition made the first exhibition of the wool elephant of the Ice Age.
Ancient bison
This is a well-preserved specimen of a steppe bison found in northern Siberia, more than 9,000 years old. The body does not have any damage, including some of its organs, systems, and tissues are still very complete. The researchers dissected and autopsized the ancient bison, comparing the data with the modern American bison.
When the dissection found that the bison's abdominal muscles were few or even none, it is very likely that the cause of the bison's death was because the changes in the environment directly led to the cutting off of their food sources and eventually starved to death.
Foal
In the permafrost of Siberia, such a particularly well-preserved prehistoric foal was also found. This little pony lived about 42,000 years ago, and it has always been a very ancient creature, and its cause of death is also because it fell into a mud trap, coupled with the cold in the Arctic region, it can play a natural ice environment.
Biologists from Russia's Northeastern Federal University and South Korea not only found the hair in its remaining nostrils and cut open its abdomen through autopsy, but also the presence of blood, and even more miraculously, it also found residual urine in its bladder.
Although these bodily fluids are well preserved, there is no nucleus in these blood cells, so researchers are now working hard to find the muscle tissues and organs of the foal, and the well-preserved cells in them to clone this ancient horse. Of course, biologists have also succeeded in tracking how this ancient horse evolved through genetic sequencing.
Mummified cat
This is a Russian explorer, Boris. Berezhnev found a biological remains in the Eastern Siberian region. Through repeated comparisons by biologists, this cat-like creature was finally locked into the offspring of the cave lion, this large carnivorous cat.
Cave lions, which lived 10,000 years ago, became extinct during the "last glacial disappearance". It is not the ancestor of lions, but the species is relatively close. The body is relatively well preserved, and even the whiskers on the side of its mouth are still faintly visible.
virus
Of course, workers and explorers in the polar regions have not only discovered these ancient creatures, but also some smaller species, similar to microorganisms, "leech rotifers". Of course, there are also some viruses, super viruses, etc., which are slowly recovering in this thawing process.
About the virus, in fact, we have known it since childhood, biology class, science class will be introduced, but we have never, really touched this invisible, untouchable thing.
It was not until the emergence of the "new coronavirus" in recent years, which has a large-scale outbreak around the world, that we have truly realized the severity of the virus. The risk factor of the virus is high, high enough to affect human life worldwide.
But many of the viruses in the polar regions have so far been sealed below the permafrost. However, once the global carbon emissions are getting higher and higher, the global temperature gradually rises, and the polar glaciers continue to melt, then these viruses that are dusted under the permafrost will be completely released.
And these ancient viruses, modern biologists and scientists are not even very familiar with, so how will they face the disaster they bring?
In fact, most of these viruses belong to ancient viruses, and we have survived for too long, and many of these viruses have been unable to infect the cells in our bodies. So, perhaps in some ways, such a super virus is both the biggest hidden danger for us humans and the least to worry about.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > low-carbon life </h1>
As the Earth's ecological environment gradually becomes unstable, most notably, glaciers in the polar regions melt. We are beginning to realize that the earth's temperature is constantly rising, and the reason is that the carbon emissions caused by our human activities are increasing.
How harmful is glacier melting to humans?
Most notably, glaciers in the polar regions are melting, and polar bears living in the Arctic are unable to adapt to their environment, and the end result is extinction. In addition, the melting of glaciers and the rise of sea levels will cause a lot of waterlogging.
And the coral reefs living on the seabed cannot be exposed to ultraviolet rays of sunlight due to rising sea levels, and will eventually die, and its demise is not the most important.
You know, coral reefs provide shelter for a quarter of the creatures living in the ocean, regulating oxygen and carbon dioxide, and its demise can be imagined. Of course, there are many more hazards, such as the massive release of natural gas from the seabed and the plate movement caused by the melting of glaciers, which leads to the eruption of volcanic earthquakes.
There is no doubt that the planet's increasing carbon emissions are pushing humanity towards these consequences.
Fortunately, people are gradually aware of this crisis and gradually introduce the concept of "carbon neutrality", which is to achieve a "zero emission" result through carbon emissions and absorption purification.
Carbon neutrality is very important to achieve the environmental protection goal of low-carbon life, the most important of which is through afforestation activities.
We all know that the photosynthesis of plants is to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. In fact, the concept of carbon neutrality has been affecting our lives for a long time. Afforestation in the Desert Gobi region, which we have been in contact with, is not only to change the local environment of sandstorms and dust storms, but also, most importantly, to purify the air by planting trees to purify the more carbon dioxide concentrations emitted in the air.
Until now, the world has still advocated a low-carbon way of living. Vigorously advocating low-carbon life and building an ecological civilization have become the main theme of this era, and we can no longer have uncontrolled carbon emission behavior.
Low-carbon life, starting from me, should become everyone's label. For example, when it comes to the scene, try to drive as few high-emission cars and motorcycles as possible. It is best to use low-carbon and energy-saving environmental protection lamps when lighting, and of course, we have been advocating for tree planting activities. Finally, remember, remember, pay attention to forest fires!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="51" > Conclusion: </h1>
The thawing of the permafrost, to a certain extent, gives us some understanding of the secrets buried under this mysterious land, but how many hidden dangers are also buried underneath. Perhaps the Earth is reminding us in this way that when it does erupt, our entire human environment will be at great threat, and we should be vigilant.
Since the explosion of life, the creatures of the earth have undergone many reshuffles, and the powerful beasts like dinosaurs have not been able to escape the power of nature.
Yes, their wisdom may not be as high as that of humans, we understand technology, we know how to explore and plan ahead, but in front of the natural interface, we are just a drop in the ocean. If we constantly destroy the environment on which we live, our strength is obviously vulnerable in front of it.
We are fortunate to live in a very happy country, and no matter what natural disasters occur, there are countries to help us solve these problems. However, we should do our best to respond to the call of the state and improve the natural environment in which we live!