A large number of rare minerals have been discovered in Greenland, and the rich Americans have organized a group to pan for gold. How much harm does this do to human beings?
As the largest island in the world, Greenland has always been very rich in mineral resources. However, due to the thick ice sheet, it has also made mining difficult and risky. Therefore, no one dares to move these mineral resources. . However, due to the environmental impact of global warming, especially the extreme high temperature in the northern hemisphere since the beginning of summer this year, Greenland's glaciers are melting faster and faster, so a large number of rare minerals are gradually emerging. In addition to attracting a large number of scientists to investigate ahead, there are also many rich American people who are also interested in Greenland, hoping to develop the mineral resources of Greenland. However, in the face of the rich American rich people who organized a gold rush, the relevant scientists They all expressed their concerns, thinking that this is not a good thing, what is going on here? What does Greenland's accelerated melting mean?
According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center: Greenland is melting at an accelerated rate of about 6 billion tons of ice per day. How much does this affect the planet and people? You know, the entire Greenland ice sheet is equivalent to the size of a Mexico, and the thickness of the ice sheet reaches 3 kilometers. As early as the end of the last century, scientists discovered that glaciers are not only accelerating their melting, but are also constantly moving, which means that they have a very large impact on the marine ecological environment and sea level rise. The study believes that if all the glaciers in Greenland disappear in the future, then the global sea level will rise by at least 7 meters. What is the concept? Now many familiar metropolises, such as New York and Miami in the United States, and many coastal cities such as Shanghai in my country, will also be affected. Moreover, if there is such a day, it also means that the earth's climate has completely entered an "irreversible" state. Human beings cannot prevent global warming, nor can they prevent the sea level from continuing to rise. They can only watch their homes be submerged a little bit. Watching human civilization come to an end step by step. So, now it seems that the glaciers in Greenland are melting faster, but it is actually sounding the alarm bell for human beings, or you can also think that the alarm bell has been ringing on the earth for a long time, and human beings may want to Ways to leave the earth as soon as possible, or find a way to achieve the "Paris Agreement" and return the earth's climate to normal. Therefore, scientists will say that this time a large number of rare minerals have been discovered in Greenland, which is not a good thing, because if human beings have done well enough, these mineral resources should not have appeared. America's rich team to pan for gold, what harm will it cause?
At present, scientists have proven mineral resources in Greenland, including coal, gold, copper, zinc, rare earth elements and other resources. These rich American people hope that these mineral resources can be developed to provide mankind with more power support. However, there are also issues to be considered: First, if these mineral resources are developed on a large scale, it will inevitably cause serious pollution to the environment on Greenland, and at the same time, it may also pollute the surrounding marine ecological environment, making the situation worse It will get worse; second, it may accelerate the melting of Greenland's glaciers, and it is not even ruled out that someone will deliberately destroy the glaciers in order to obtain resources. In this way, the help these mineral resources can bring to human beings is absolutely unequal compared to the losses caused by human development. Humans are very likely to make the problem worse because of small losses. Therefore, scientists do not recommend mining these mineral resources, and even hope that human beings can restore the climate balance as soon as possible, and let these mineral resources be blocked by thick glaciers again, so that they will never appear in the world. So, how can humans reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Speaking of which, the problem of global warming is becoming more and more serious. One of the main reasons is that human beings consume too much fossil fuels. Therefore, how to find ways to reduce or even say goodbye to traditional resources and use non-standard resources instead? A new type of clean energy that will pollute the environment and will not emit greenhouse gases is what human beings should do most. For example, as early as a hundred years ago, scientists proposed "nuclear fusion energy", as well as wind energy, solar energy, etc. that have been applied now. They are all new energy sources, but they cannot replace traditional energy at this stage. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are still hitting new highs. However, according to the "Paris Agreement", if human beings can achieve "carbon peak" by the middle of this century, and fully achieve "carbon neutrality" by the end of this century, then human beings have the opportunity to reverse all this, Greenland Island The glaciers will not all melt, nor will the sea level rise to the point where humans are irreversible. To put it simply, we still have a chance now, but in terms of time, it is indeed very urgent. So, do you think we will realize the Paris Agreement? Welcome to tell us your opinion!