Swiss glaciers are melting, presentCrashed plane years ago! Malaysia Airlines may be discovered because of this?
On the Jungfraujoch in Switzerland, a mountain guide discovered the wreckage of an airplane on August 4. Although the plane is broken, the debris does not seem to have been eroded by the years, making it seem to have just crashed.
However, looking at the interior, the aircraft is a product of the Cold War era. After returning home, the guide informed the local ** of the incident, and immediately sent an archaeological team and experts to the glacier crash site, hoping to reveal the secret of this Cold War plane.
After exhaustive investigation and in-depth research, the experts finally revealed the truth: the plane was a Piper Cherokee private jet manufactured in 1968 and originating at the Zurich aircraft factory in Switzerland.
The plane was originally planned to take the doctor's family to enjoy the scenery above the glacier, but unfortunately, due to a hurricane, the plane's course was affected by waves, which eventually led to the tragic crash.
All this is information from the aircraft logs that the experts have. After the plane crashed, the doctors and their families slept here, and time left an eternal mark on them.
However, over time, the ice gradually obscured them, until 54 years later, the change in climate, global warming, caused part of the glacier to begin to melt, allowing the unfortunate plane to be re-revealed to the world.
This event clearly shows that as global climate change continues to intensify, there will be more and more extreme weather. These hot and cold climate changes make it difficult for fragile glacier ecosystems to adapt to the natural environment and begin to melt.
The melting of one or two glaciers is not yet obvious, but when a large number of glaciers begin to melt and sea levels rise, coastal cities will be in danger of being submerged by the sea. Well-known cities such as London in the UK, Tokyo in Japan, New York and Los Angeles in the US are all in the high-risk range.
Therefore, many countries around the world are actively advocating energy conservation and emission reduction to maintain the stability of the ecological environment. If we don't act in time, we will have to face the reality of whether these cities can continue to exist once climate change breaks through the boundaries and the sea floods the continent.
Will Malaysia Airlines see the light of day under the glacier like this plane? Although the melting glacier has brought some negative effects, it has also helped to reveal the hidden treasures beneath the glacier.
It's like the plane, which slept under the glacier for years, but was eventually discovered. There has been speculation that Malaysia Airlines may have been frozen somewhere by a glacier as well, because after it disappeared from the radar, it was never heard from again.
To say that it traveled through time and space is obviously lacking scientific evidence. As a result, some speculate that it may have fallen into the sea, then carried by ocean currents to a glacier, and finally frozen in a corner by ice, making it extremely difficult to find.
It turned out that Malaysia Airlines' fate seemed to be the same as that of the wreckage of the plane, which remained under the glacier for a long time, and could not see the light of day unless the glacier melted on a large scale.
However, a message from British expert Richard Godfrey in December 2021 shattered this theory. Malaysia Airlines has reportedly been tracked into a deep sea west of Perth, Australia.
This makes the "glacial theory" self-defeating. It is reported that the underwater environment where the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines is located is extremely complex, with exposed mountains and cliffs nearby, as well as underwater volcanoes and canyons.
In addition, the plane** was formed into more than thirty fragments, so some of the fragments may have been carried farther with ocean currents, such as the South or North Poles.
Imagine that thousands of years from now, our descendants will dig up the unfound wreckage of Malaysia Airlines in the glacier, even the black boxes, and we will be able to understand what happened to Malaysia Airlines at the moment of the crash.
This is a kind of closure for both the airline and the families of the victims. Is the melting of glaciers good or bad? In addition to the possible finding of Malaysia Airlines, more ancient human fossils are also emerging from the ice.
Take, for example, the famous Iceman Oates, a European warrior more than 5,000 years ago who was hunted down by his enemies and forced to flee to the glaciers of the north. However, he was unable to escape the enemy's arrows, and was shot through the shoulder by an arrow, and died of excessive bleeding.
After his death, the ice and snow cover effectively prevented microorganisms from eroding his body, allowing the body of the Ötzi Iceman to be preserved for thousands of years without decay, and was finally discovered by archaeologists.
In addition to the Ötzi Iceman, there are countless things hidden beneath the glacier waiting to be discovered. These things have been frozen for thousands of years and blended in with the local natural environment.
Without the protection of glaciers, they would never be known, let alone archaeology and research. This has sparked a controversy: Is glacier melting good or bad?
The downsides are obvious, such as flooding caused by rising sea levels. However, melting glaciers also have their benefits. The expansion of freshwater resources under glaciers alone is enough to excite people.
Not to mention, the excavation of antiquities under the glacier can reopen people's horizons. For example, the fossils of paleontology under the glacier have hardly been damaged due to the protection of the ice.
If we can successfully extract the DNA from their bodies, we may even be able to create ancient creatures that will make the scenes of Jurassic World a reality in the near future.
Legend has it that as the glaciers melt, humans may be able to discover the remaining German military bases under the Antarctic glaciers. After the defeat of Nazi Germany, Hitler tried to establish a German military base on the Antarctic glacier, including a complete land, sea and air system, according to a report in Russia.
The Germans began their exploration of the Antarctic continent as early as 1938, sending two expeditions to the Antarctic and using a large number of military aircraft to survey an area of 8.6 million square kilometers, and even conducting aerial mapping.
Although Nazi Germany is gone, by the end of World War II, would they have established a secret base in Antarctica? Let's imagine that as global temperatures rise and Antarctic glaciers melt, satellites suddenly capture a shocking picture: beneath the Antarctic continent, there is a large cyberpunk-style building hidden with a majestic laser cannon that gives people a sense of awe that cannot be ignored.
Does such a picture make you feel extremely frightened? In addition, ancient dinosaurs may be hidden beneath the glacier. At that time, the volcano erupted, and the dinosaurs had nowhere to run but in the direction of the cold glacier.
However, unable to endure the cold of the glacier and the lack of food, these dinosaurs eventually died under the glacier, hidden by the ice. In other words, there may be dinosaur fossils of various shapes hidden beneath the glacier.
One theory is that the alien base may be hidden under the glacier, because it is a mysterious place where no one has set foot in it, and the environment is pure and unpolluted, making it an ideal place for alien creatures to live.
As a result, they may choose to establish their base beneath the glacier. If the glaciers melt, these bases could be revealed, sending huge shockwaves around the world.
While there are doubts about the real existence of German bases and aliens, viruses on Earth are. Deep in the glaciers are home to many ancient viruses, such as rising temperatures and melting glaciers, which often cause "anthrax" outbreaks.
Not just the anthrax virus, but many other viruses, once released, have consequences unimaginable to humans. After all, after thousands or even tens of thousands of years of evolution, human beings have lost their antibodies to these ancient viruses.
A small outbreak of the coronavirus has caught humanity off guard, and if the virus under the glacier were to see the light of day, it would be a catastrophe.
In the end, it can be summed up in one point: melting glaciers are of great significance to the study of history and nature, but their unknowns and risks are beyond the control of existing human technology. Faced with this Pandora's box-like challenge, no sane person would consider it positive.
Therefore, in the context of global warming, it is incumbent upon us to warn ourselves that greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced as much as possible in order to slow down the rate of glacier melting.