The Arctic permafrost has melted and the corpses of 50,000-year-old prehistoric creatures have been found. Why are scientists deeply worried?

The North Pole and South Pole have always been the areas where human beings have traveled the least, and they have maintained the most primitive state for many years, which can be called "a forbidden area for human beings and a pure land on earth". But in recent years, more and more bizarre phenomena have been discovered in the north and south poles, which has made scientists very worried.

For example, not long ago, the body of a frozen wolf pup was found in the permafrost of the Arctic. After research, scientists believe that this corpse should have been formed 57,000 years ago, but the most amazing thing is that the appearance of this corpse about 60,000 years ago is very complete, even the hair is still clearly visible!

There is no doubt that this is a "gift from heaven" for biologists to study creatures from about 60,000 years ago!

But at the same time, some scientists have warned: There are more dangerous things buried in the frozen soil, and humans need to be vigilant! Why do scientists say that? First of all, this corpse has been frozen for nearly 60,000 years, but why did it "see the light again" recently? Obviously caused by the "greenhouse effect", the "permafrost" can no longer freeze forever!

And once the permafrost begins to melt, the things buried tens of thousands of years ago will appear one after another, and many of them are harmful to human beings and even the whole world!

For example, scientists have found that as much as 1.7 million tons of mercury (mercury) are stored in the Arctic permafrost, which is twice as much as the rest of the world combined. This is not a gift from nature to human beings. Once the mercury is released, it will directly cause serious pollution to the ocean and seriously damage the ecosystem, and these highly toxic substances will affect terrestrial organisms through the food chain and eventually stand in the food chain. Humans at the very top will suffer too!

In addition to this mercury, biologists are also very worried about one thing, that is, these ices are sealed in the frozen soil for tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years, and a large number of viral microorganisms are also sealed. We are completely unknown to these microorganisms, and once they re-enter the natural environment, they will pose a huge threat to the global ecology and human beings.

I believe there is no need to say much about the harm of viruses, and viruses tens of thousands of years ago, they may even be enough to kill dinosaurs! And scientists have found that viruses in permafrost do not die, they just enter dormancy, and they are expected to recover when the climate warms to a certain level.

The above hazards all point to a major crisis facing the world - global warming! It is no exaggeration to say that preventing global warming and other climate crises is a major event that all mankind cannot wait for.

But scientists from NASA have found that there are as many as 2 million methane release points in the Arctic. This finding is even more worrisome, because methane has a greenhouse effect up to 30 times that of carbon dioxide. If a large amount of methane is released due to global warming, they will in turn increase the greenhouse effect and make the glaciers at the poles melt faster. , thus forming a vicious circle!

Under the "greenhouse effect and melting glaciers", a large number of island countries may suffer first, but the ecological impact will inevitably harm the world, and human beings cannot stay out of it. Through the observation of the universe, we found that the earth is already so small, but if we can't even survive on the earth, how can we survive in the dangerous and unpredictable space?