Near the ancient glacier.

Gu Kaiwen was asking Professor Li Rongguo, and he vaguely felt that the consequences of the large-scale collapse of the ice cave in Lingu Glacier were not simple, although global warming was no longer an easy thing.

Faced with Gu Kaiwen's inquiry, Li Rongguo did not answer immediately, but he was considering how to answer.

Just as Gu Kaiwen guessed, although there is no exact data support now, with rich experience, Li Rongguo has guessed some possible serious consequences.

Looking at Li Rongguo's silence, Gu Kaiwen talked, and turned to Sun Fei and said, "Brother Sun, which professor is the best glacier expert in our country?"

Before Sun Fei answered, Gu Kaiwen added, "From the moment, the situation of Lingu Glacier is very complicated. Professor Li, the best one, should be too busy. I am planning to invest some funds and invite more glacier experts to study Lingu Glacier."

Li Rongguo frowned. He knew that this was Gu Kaiwen's demonstration. If Li Rongguo wanted to conceal the situation, Gu Kaiwen could invite more glacier experts to come and reveal the answer.

Faced with Gu Kaiwen's strength, Li Rongguo smiled helplessly and said in a low voice, "Mr. Gu, the matter of Lingu Glacier is a bit serious. I hope you know that you don't publicize it."

Before Gu Kaiwen's answer, Li Rongguo added, "At present, the large-scale collapse of the ice cave in Lingu Glacier has occurred. Actually, I didn't lie just now. I really don't know what serious consequences are. I can only infer based on experience."

"Then what are the inferences Professor Li has?" Gu Kaiwen asked.

Li Rongguo fell into silence again. This time Gu Kaiwen did not urge him. Anyway, the demonstrations were also protesting, and Li Rongguo also surrendered. Now he is just thinking about how to organize language.

Almost a minute later, Li Rongguo whispered, "The problem of large-scale collapse of the ice cave in Lingu Glacier is very serious!"

"Oh?" Gu Kaiwen asked in cooperation, "What about?"

"For example, we have initially detected the storage of carbon dioxide and methane under the Lingu glacier. Once they are released in the air, the global warming will accelerate," Li Rongguo explained.

"Mr. Gu, you should know that carbon dioxide and methane are greenhouse gases, right?" Li Rongguo asked jokingly.

Without waiting for Gu Kaiwen to respond, Li Rongguo continued to say, "The worse situation is that methane accounts for the majority of the greenhouse gases buried below Lingu Glacier. In the greenhouse effect, methane absorbs infrared rays 26 times that of carbon dioxide, and the greenhouse effect is 22 times higher than that of carbon dioxide. At present, methane accounts for 15% of the overall contribution of the global greenhouse effect."

Gu Kaiwen asked back, "If the greenhouse gas buried under the Lingu Glacier ran out, what degree will the global temperature change change?"

"According to our preliminary investigation, the total amount of carbon dioxide buried beneath the Lingu Glacier may reach more than 100 million tons. At present, the global annual carbon dioxide emissions are about 5 billion tons. Although it seems that the Lingu Glacier is only 2% of the annual emissions, in fact, this is already an astronomical carbon dioxide. Once the emissions enter the atmosphere, it will bring fatal consequences." Li Rongguo explained.

"In addition, the methane content exceeds 200 million tons. If 200 million tons of methane are emitted into the atmosphere, according to methane's greenhouse effect capacity, the forecast that global temperatures in 2030 will increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius to 4.5 degrees Celsius in 2030 may reach 2025," Li Rongguo said with sighing.

Gu Kaiwen can clearly understand every word the other person said, but all the words are connected together, so Gu Kaiwen doesn’t know what the meaning is.

Li Rongguo seemed to realize that Gu Kaiwen was not a researcher in the relevant field. He explained, "The rise in temperature will have serious consequences. First, the melting of the two poles ice sheets, which will lead to sea level rise. According to the temperature rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius to 4.5 degrees Celsius, the sea level rise is about 20 cm to 140 cm. Such a sea level rise has a huge impact on coastal cities."

Gu Kaiwen's face turned dark. If the sea level rises by 140 cm, his Novo Islands will be the first to be hit, and the fifteen islands will be reduced by almost half.

"The sea level rise brought about by rising global temperatures will further affect the changes in ocean currents. Changes in ocean currents will affect the marine ecology. Changes in ocean ecology will change marine fisheries, thereby affecting human acquisition of marine resources. This is also a big problem!" Li Rongguo explained.

Li Rongguo continued, "On land, higher temperatures will bring huge trouble. Mr. Gu, you graduated from the Agricultural College, you should know?"

Gu Kaiwen nodded affirmatively, "Higher temperatures will bring greater tests to plants. For example, the accelerated evaporation of water in the land will bring higher agricultural production costs. If it is a plant in nature, if it cannot obtain enough water resources, it will face the risk of death."

Li Rongguo continued, "That's right! Once a large-scale death of plants in nature will cause herbivores and some insects that rely on plants to die. After the bottom of these natural ecological chains collapse, can the upper organisms survive?"

Gu Kaiwen shook his head, "Yes, the bottom layer of the ecological chain has collapsed, and the upper layer cannot survive, which means the ecological chain of the plant death area collapses."

"Can Mr. Gu imagine that situation?" Li Rongguo asked.

Gu Kaiwen nodded with a serious expression, "That's really a bad situation!"

"No, no, no! Mr. Gu, that's not the worst situation, but there are even worse situations." Li Rongguo responded.

"There is something worse?" Gu Kaiwen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "It will move the whole body with one move!"

"That's right! The entire earth's ecological environment is a huge ecological chain, and temperature is an important link. When there is a problem in this link and it has a huge impact, it will not stop, but will become worse." Li Rongguo sighed.

"Only after global warming causes various adverse effects, its power will be further revealed. When plants die on a large scale, the conversion capacity of carbon dioxide is weakened, and the amount of carbon dioxide accumulation will be further increased. When the amount of carbon dioxide is further increased, the greenhouse effect will be more serious, thus making the temperature higher, and then officially entering a vicious cycle stage." Li Rongguoxin said with a slight silence.

"Even a nausea cycle is not the worst situation!" Li Rongguo gritted his teeth and said additionally, "When the temperature reaches a certain threshold, more situations similar to Lingu glaciers will appear, such as swamps and oceans containing a large amount of carbon dioxide and methane."

"Isn't that going to make things worse?" Sun Fei interrupted.

Gu Kaiwen looked solemn, "I think it's more appropriate to add fuel to the fire."

"Yes! It's true that it's adding fuel to the fire. Once such a situation occurs, it's equivalent to adding fuel to the fire. The trend of rising global temperatures will be difficult to curb." Li Rongguo's face was helpless.
Chapter completed!