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In May 2020, a diesel spill in Russia not only caused pollution to the local environment, but also raised concerns about issues such as permafrost and global warming.
As diesel water seeped into the permafrost, the ice melted rapidly, and in the process of melting, a woolly rhinoceros carcass from ancient times was discovered.
When did this woolly rhinoceros corpse die?
And how did the place where it was located become permafrost?
What will be the impact of its corpse on the human environment when it is exposed to the earth's surface?
What are the red flags of the woolly rhinoceros carcass?
1. Global warming is becoming more and more serious.
On May 29, 2019, an explosion occurred in an oil tank at an oil field for a Russian energy company, causing diesel stored in the tank to leak out and eventually flow into the nearby Arhangart River.
The diesel spill has not only had a huge impact on the local ecological environment, but also sounded the alarm for people who are concerned about global ecological climate change.
This shows that with the increasing severity of global warming, the glaciers and permafrost on the earth are also undergoing great changes, and these changes will have a huge impact on the living environment of organisms on the earth and even human beings.
In the following period, the remains of some special creatures or creatures were discovered, such as the discovery of a complete male lion carcass in a permafrost in Siberia in 2018.
After the lion carcass was examined, it was found to be tens of thousands of years old, which means that it died in ancient times, and how did its body survive after its death?
How did its body get buried in the permafrost underground?
After studying its carcass, it was found that its carcass still had a considerable amount of protein in its body, which allowed people to recreate a complete ancient lion according to its DNA information.
The discovery of the corpses of these ancient creatures is undoubtedly a great discovery for researchers, because their corpses have a natural isolation effect from modern organisms, which makes the biological information preserved in their corpses relatively complete.
With the corpses of these ancient creatures, researchers can learn more about the evolution of life on Earth by studying these creatures to better understand these ancient creatures.
But at the same time, the exposure of the corpses of these ancient creatures also hints at the growing global warming, and humans should be wary of the emergence of this phenomenon.
After all, the creatures on Earth do not climb into the permafrost on their own, but after the death of these creatures, their corpses are exposed, and eventually buried by windblown sand and mud, forming an underground permafrost.
Therefore, the exposure and discovery of the corpses of these ancient creatures suggests that the temperature of these underground permafrost is rising sharply, and what is the reason for this phenomenon?
This goes back to how the Earth's glaciers and permafrost are formed.
The Earth's glaciers and permafrost are mainly found in the polar regions, where the temperature is very low, making them ideal for the formation of glaciers and permafrost.
For most of the Earth, the Earth's climate was relatively cold, so the Earth's glaciers and permafrost were basically formed during this period.
However, the existence of these glaciers and permafrost is not permanent, and it is closely related to the climate and environment on Earth.
The earth's climate and environment are constantly changing, and the temperature on the earth is constantly rising and falling, so the area and thickness of the earth's glaciers and permafrost will also change with the change of temperature.
And with the increasing global warming, the temperature on the earth is also rising, which also leads to the temperature of glaciers and permafrost in the polar regions is also rising, and at the same time, the area and thickness of glaciers and permafrost are decreasing.
In such a situation, the corpses of ancient creatures in the subterranean permafrost will gradually be exposed, and they will become more and more easy to find.
2. The discovery of the woolly rhinoceros.
In the 60s of the last century, a Russian scientist found a complete carcass of a woolly rhinoceros in a permafrost in Siberia and studied this woolly rhinoceros.
After studying the woolly rhinoceros, the researchers found that the carcass of the woolly rhinoceros contained a large amount of protein and DNA information, which made them very interested in further research on the carcass of the woolly rhinoceros.
After a long period of hard work, researchers finally succeeded in using modern scientific and technological means to "resurrect" the woolly rhino according to the DNA information of the woolly rhinoceros, and finally succeeded in re-presenting the woolly rhinoceros in front of the world.
This woolly rhinoceros is the famous "Soko" woolly rhinoceros, and the resurrection of the Soko woolly rhinoceros has also become a major achievement in the history of human research on ancient biology.
However, it is worth noting that the woolly rhinoceros is an animal that originally lived in Siberia, and its formation and reproduction were based on the environmental conditions of the time, so it did not cross much with humans.
But with the resurrection of the woolly rhinoceros, there was a strong interest in this ancient animal, and at the same time doubts about the cause of the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros.
After studying the causes of the extinction of the woolly rhino, researchers have found that the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros may have a certain relationship with the emergence of humans.
In the early days, woolly rhinos and humans used to coexist peacefully, but as human civilization continued to develop, humans began to hunt woolly rhinos, which led to a sharp decline in the number of woolly rhinos.
Later, due to the excessive number of human hunting of the woolly rhino, the number of woolly rhinoceros was eventually insufficient, and finally the woolly rhinoceros faced the danger of extinction more than 20,000 years ago, and finally completely extinct 14,000 years ago.
The extinction of the woolly rhinoceros is also a wake-up call, because the extinction of the woolly rhinoceros was caused by human overexploitation, and the life on Earth today is facing a similar dilemma.
Although human beings will no longer hunt ancient animals such as woolly rhinoceros, the damage to the natural ecology caused by human beings in the process of developing the environment is also irreversible, which has led to the extinction of many organisms on the earth, so human beings should reflect on their relationship with nature and protect the creatures on the earth.
3. Danger signals of woolly rhinoceros carcasses.
The discovery of the woolly rhinoceros carcasses has not only raised more concerns about global warming, but also raised concerns about the exposure of the carcasses of these ancient creatures.
After the corpses of these ancient creatures are excavated, if they are not dealt with in time, then some viruses in the corpses may also escape, and eventually pose a huge threat to the living environment of human beings.
Once these viruses escape, they may have a huge impact on the living environment of human beings, and even pose a fatal danger to humans, so it is particularly important to isolate the corpses of these ancient creatures.
At the same time, the exposure of these ancient organisms also suggests that the temperature of these permafrost layers is rising, and the permafrost contains extremely rich greenhouse gases such as methane.
As the temperature of the permafrost rises, so does the rate at which this methane is released, which in turn exacerbates the Earth's greenhouse effect, ultimately leading to a rise in global temperatures, creating a vicious cycle.
Therefore, human beings should pay more attention to the emergence of these problems, and at the same time, we should strengthen the protection of the environment, find cleaner energy sources to replace traditional energy sources, and reduce the damage to the earth.
epilogue
The exposure and discovery of the corpses of ancient creatures is undoubtedly a major discovery, but it also hints at the increasing severity of global warming and the increasing number of ecological and environmental problems.
Human beings should pay attention to the emergence of these problems, do their part to protect the ecological environment of the earth, and at the same time, they should also re-examine their relationship with nature, reduce the damage to nature, and let human beings and nature coexist in harmony.