Chapter 213 Ocean Pollution and Group Earthquakes
The small Victory Team could not hide the news at all. Soon the whole team knew about the happy event of the Xincheng family. Even Zongfang, who had always been serious, smiled, and in the middle Captain Hui generously gave Shinjo two days off so that he could have time to buy better clothes and dress up before meeting Takumo.
It made Xincheng a little embarrassed to be so concerned about his teammates for such a "big fight". He even claimed that he didn't have to do this, but he was still very touched in his heart.
Unfortunately, this feeling did not last until the afternoon when I received a call from Mayumi, telling Xincheng that she was ready to leave the base and go home to dress herself up, but Takumo could not meet him on time.
This made Xincheng, who had just been in a good mood, suddenly feel unhappy. Could it be that the boy regretted it, or that the two of them were having trouble, so he hurriedly asked what happened.
Mayumi said gloomily that because of the swarm of earthquakes under the sea yesterday, many ports were closed and ships could not dock. They had to return or find a nearby available port. The ship Takumo was on was docked in Southeast Asia and it would take at least three days to restart. Set off.
"Three days?" Xincheng almost burst into flames. In this way, before Takumo arrives, his and Mayumi's vacation will be over. TPC is an international organization with military management, not a small private company. There are many rules and strict systems. It doesn’t mean you can change your vacation time just because you want to.
The excited Xincheng shouted so loudly that the other members of the victory team couldn't help but turn their heads, but they did not disturb Xincheng's call. It was not until Xincheng comforted his sister and hung up the phone that Lina stepped forward. Ask softly what happened.
"Mayumi said that the submarine earthquake affected the arrival time of Takumo's ship, so maybe." Xincheng couldn't go on. Mayumi had been looking forward to it for so long, in order to have as much vacation time as possible with Takumo. Mo, she worked tirelessly to participate in many emergency rescues in exchange for five consecutive days of rest, but now she has failed. How sad she must be.
“Undersea earthquake?” Lina was stunned. She really didn’t know about this.
Ye Rui immediately started typing on the keyboard. In just a few seconds, he called up the relevant information and put it on the big screen. He said: "In recent years, there have been many submarine swarms of earthquakes on the seabed of the Western Pacific, creating There are a large number of undersea volcanoes, and at 2:12 a.m. yesterday, a larger undersea earthquake swarm occurred. The Institute of Oceanography has gone to the target sea area to conduct surveys this morning and determined that this earthquake "The impact caused by the earthquake swarms on the bottom of the sea."
Everyone looked up at the big screen, which circled the areas where the earthquake swarms on the bottom of the sea were circled on the map, as well as the specific time and date of occurrence. The magnitude of earthquakes clearly shows that the overall scale of submarine earthquakes is getting stronger and stronger, their scope of influence is getting larger and larger, and they tend to spread from the deep sea to the edge of the plate.
Dagu stared at the map on the big screen and said to himself: "Such frequent earthquakes don't feel like geological activities."
Still looking at the map in front of him Ye Rui, who was on the computer screen, nodded, but shook his head, and put a newly found report on the big screen, saying: "The TPC ocean survey team extracted a large number of seabed samples and analyzed them. The analysis results show that the area where the earthquakes occurred under the sea contains a variety of radioactive materials." Horii, a scientist, answered and said: "The Institute of Marine Life believes that the frequent swarms of submarine earthquakes in recent years may be related to underground nuclear explosion tests."
Lina asked in confusion: "But didn't it stop long ago?"
"But the impact will take a long, long time to be eliminated, just like these radiations Materials may still exist in the earth's environment for tens of thousands of years, not to mention that humans still discharge a large amount of sewage and garbage into the sea every year." Horii walked forward and circled the chart with his finger. He made a circle and said: "There is a person who specializes in studying foreign languages." Current scientists once proposed a theory that the garbage thrown into the sea by humans will eventually gather somewhere due to the influence of ocean currents. "
"A place?" The victorious team members couldn't help but start to imagine what it would be like. How big should such a place be able to accommodate the garbage thrown into the ocean around the world? According to statistics, the amount of plastic garbage thrown into the sea by humans last year amounted to millions of tons, which is a huge amount enough to submerge metropolitan areas.
“Actually, something like this is already happening.” Ye Rui typed on the keyboard a few times, showing pictures one after another: the seabed covered with garbage, and the sea surface floating with all kinds of common garbage in life. , extending from the beach to the horizon, it is impossible to count how much garbage has gathered in this sea area.
"Yes, because of this, humans have to develop new fields, because the earth is already overwhelmed." Horii said with emotion: "In order to reduce the emissions of waste and polluting gases caused by power generation, the universe was built Power stations, making full use of solar power, can reduce one billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year. The goal is to increase the annual reduction of nitrogen dioxide emissions to tens of billions of tons within ten years and achieve true cleanliness and pollution-free.”
The team members were filled with emotion when they listened to Horii’s introduction of the goal of opening up new fields. We have indeed made many mistakes in the past, but fortunately we are now starting to make up for the mistakes of the past, and the future will be even better.
No one thinks about the relationship between the theory of ocean currents affecting garbage and the impact of underground nuclear experiments and swarms of earthquakes on the seabed. After all, garbage is dead matter. This is common sense. It will only cause environmental pollution and has no effect on living things. Geology has a huge impact.
Since Takumo cannot arrive on time, Xincheng naturally does not need to go to see him, so there is no reason for Dagu to help him on duty. He can only bear full of resentment, which is the most difficult and boring time. night shift.
Fortunately, the night was uneventful, allowing Xincheng to survive until the next morning safely. When he saw Horii who came to change his shift early in the morning, he immediately beamed and said: "You are finally here, sit down quickly, I am almost ready So sleepy.”
"Thank you for your hard work, go and have a rest." Horii said, taking over the duties of Xincheng, but he heard Xincheng's PDI ringing, and Xincheng, who was confused, was a beat slow, and he didn't realize it until Horii reminded him. The voice of 'Didi' is my own PDI. As soon as I opened it, I heard Mayumi's excited voice: "Brother, are you ready to meet Takumo tonight?"
"Huh?" Xincheng was stunned for a moment, sobered up in an instant, and said in shock: "Meet? Isn't he coming back next week? ”
(End of this chapter)