Chapter 121: Is this considered nuclear winter? (Part 2)
PS: As for the joke about 30 million people starving to death, I have never denied that many people starved to death at that time, but it is definitely not as exaggerated as 30 million, and even 5 million will not happen. Probably 3 or 4 million is the limit. The so-called 30 million is an empty-to-empty statement that takes into account the "reduced number of newborn births". If we follow the same statistical standards, at least 10 million people "starved to death" during the Great Depression in the United States, and the tyranny of family planning has killed hundreds of millions of people.
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The travelers did not pay much attention to the extremely cold weather in winter and unusually low temperatures in spring that appeared on the European continent in 1947 - because according to original history, Europe should have experienced climate abnormalities and cold waves in the past two years. Unlucky years with constant invasions, floods and droughts. Since Europeans could persist in the past calmly in that world, then there will be no problems now that cheats are turned on.
It wasn't until they learned about the "June blizzard" in Germany and France that Wang Qiu and the others felt that something was wrong. They quickly collected the current disaster reports from various European countries, and then compared them with the historical meteorological data of their world, and they were shocked to discover that, This thing... is really not good!
From Eastern Europe to Western Europe, from Southern Europe to Northern Europe, the whole of Europe seems to be entering an ice age. Not to mention those who have frozen to death, according to the current situation, most of the agricultural production in Europe this year will be wiped out! Only God knows how many people will starve to death by then.
The cause of all this seems to be very clear: the two Icelandic volcanoes that are erupting violently: Since being triggered to erupt, the two Icelandic volcanoes have been erupting from March to July. The smoke plumes formed by the volcanic eruptions are as high as About 20 to 30 kilometers, it continues into the stratosphere, the highest layer of the atmosphere. The resulting smoke and dust has obscured almost the entire North Atlantic, and there is still no sign of stopping.
——If the volcano is compared to a burning boiler, then the volcanic ash is like the smoke in the chimney. Volcanic ash is actually tiny particles emitted by volcanoes. They are generally light gray and fine powder, with a diameter of less than 2 mm, and some are even less than 0.1 mm. The extremely high temperatures inside the volcano melt these particles into spherical shapes. With the huge volcanic eruption force, these volcanic ash, which resembles micro-glass beads, rise to an altitude of thousands or even tens of thousands of meters and enter the stratosphere of the atmosphere. The stratosphere is hot at the top and cold at the bottom. The air is thin and there is very little water vapor. Therefore, there are almost no weather changes such as thunder, rain, wind, etc. in this layer. The air convection is very weak. In addition, the volcanic ash itself is very light. Therefore, it breaks into the advection. The layer of volcanic ash is difficult to be carried away by rain and air currents in a short period of time. The volcanic ash ejected in this way forms a layer in the earth's atmosphere, which "covers the sky with one hand", blocking out the light and heat released by the sun to the entire earth, resulting in low temperature weather. In addition to a large amount of volcanic ash staying in the stratosphere for a long time, blocking part of the solar radiation, the large amount of sulfur contained in the gas emitted by the volcano is also one of the culprits in blocking solar radiation.
As a result, it is inevitable that volcanic eruptions will cause climate cooling. However, as the volcanic ash slowly dissipates, the global climate will gradually return to normal. However, only God knows how long this dissipation process will take. It may be a few months or it may be decades.
Because volcanic ash takes time to flow in the atmosphere, it initially only affected the climate in nearby areas, that is, North America and Europe, and the climate impact on the rest of the world will not be apparent until next year - but in the final analysis, the global No human can escape!
Well, although it is not a nuclear winter directly caused by an atomic bomb, the large-scale eruption of the Icelandic volcano that is inconsistent with the historical line was originally triggered by the explosion of a large number of atomic bombs. It must be said that this is a nuclear winter created by humans themselves. , it seems not impossible.
No matter how you analyze the cause of the disaster, this year's Europeans are heading towards the abyss of destruction, but it is a cruel reality that does not need to be disputed - initially because of the extremely cold climate, nearly four million people froze to death on the European continent, and then because of More than three million people died in the atomic bombings, and then no fewer than two million people died in various places across the continent as the nuclear explosions destroyed urban infrastructure, amid unseasonal heavy snowfall in spring and summer. Counting the series of nuclear explosions, wars, bombings and massacres that occurred in Europe at the end of last year, the number of deaths in European countries during the three wars has exceeded that of World War II. As for the island of Great Britain, which is outside the scope of the statistics... I hope that the population of the island will not drop to the level of King Arthur's era next year!
——After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the entire island of Great Britain in the Dark Ages (the Age of King Arthur) had a population of only about one million.
In short, only about half a year after the outbreak of World War III, almost 40 million people died across Europe, and at least 70 million people probably died around the world. If this situation continues, the imminent outbreak of famine and the collapse of social order will further reduce the population of Europe.
——With the rapid advancement of military technology, the speed at which humans are destroying themselves is also increasing exponentially.
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"... In short, it is meaningless for us to continue to discuss the cause of this disaster here. What is more important is what to do next? Comrade Wang Qiu, do you have a way to control the two eruptions? Will the Icelandic volcano be extinguished? ”
In the back house of the Truk Navy Shrine, Senior Sister Ma Tong used a riding crop that she found somewhere and tapped the world map hanging on the wall.
"...Extinguish two erupting volcanoes?! Are you kidding me? Spare me!"
Wang Qiu smiled bitterly and said, "...even among Doraemon's black technology props, there is no such thing - at least not in my hand."
"...Since there is no way to extinguish the volcano...then, what will happen if this situation continues to develop?"
"...Ahem, regarding this issue, the relevant departments have asked people from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to use the latest domestically completed supercomputer to help us conduct a computer simulation. The results of the deduction seem to be very unoptimistic..."
Professor Guo pushed up his reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and coughed dryly. At the same time, he took out a booklet filled with dense memories from his pocket, "...if the two volcanoes Eyjafjallajökull and Katla in Iceland continue to grow at the current speed If the eruption continues until the end of the year, the two volcanoes will be blown off the top of the mountain, throwing at least 300 cubic kilometers of volcanic ash into the atmosphere. These small particles of volcanic ash have now formed a huge smoke cloud, and are continuing to expand and gradually spread over the earth. It is expected to remain in the air for two to five years and may even induce volcanic ash. The eruption of several other Icelandic volcanoes will eventually cause a series of devastating disasters to the entire civilized world on earth
First of all, the entire Iceland has been completely covered by smoke. It has not seen the sun for several months. Even at noon, the sky is still dark. The entire island's land is covered with thick volcanic ash. It is basically no longer suitable for human survival. It is expected to end after the volcanic eruption. After that, the island will become uninhabited again.
Secondly, the Faroe Islands, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, northern Scotland in the Norwegian Sea, and Greenland in the Americas have all fallen a large amount of volcanic ash, and the amount of light has dropped sharply, and the summer temperature has plummeted. According to satellite observations, the fjords of the two main settlements in Greenland are still in a state of ice. Residents are unable to go to sea to fish. If they cannot receive external rescue, they will be at risk of freezing to death in the near future.
Third, the impact of this volcanic plume has been felt in many ways throughout Europe, from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, and across North America from the Florida Peninsula to Quebec. Starting this summer. Norwegians often see long-duration dark red dusk and dawn light. In eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, there is continuous "dry fog" that cannot be dispersed by wind and rain.
The combination of all these factors has resulted in widespread low temperatures in Europe and North America this summer and extremely worrying crop growth conditions. Coupled with the two consecutive years of extremely cold weather that would have occurred, Europe and North America will experience the coldest weather in hundreds of years next year. The cold winter and the coolest summer - this year's winter in Europe has generally dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the extremely cold weather next winter will be even colder than this year! During this period, crops in Britain, Ireland, and Canada would basically fail, and without external food inputs, a devastating famine would break out.
Fourth, as time goes by, by this winter or next spring, the impact of the Icelandic volcanic eruption will truly expand to the entire world. By then, the global average temperature will drop by two to five degrees Celsius - note that this is only the long-term average temperature. Temperature fluctuations in short periods or in local areas will be more dramatic, and real June snow will appear in many places. Ushering in a 'year without summer'... global agricultural production will be on the verge of collapse, food output will plummet by 30% to 50%, and many countries will find it difficult to maintain basic social order.
If it were in peaceful times, all mankind might still be able to unite and help each other to deal with this disaster. But now it is a world war in which the two camps are fighting to the death. Both sides will only try their best to interfere with and sabotage their opponents' efforts to fight disasters, causing the enemy's country to be even more completely destroyed in the catastrophe..."
"...Tsk, tsk, this is really... too scary, like the end of the world in mythology! Is it too exaggerated?"
Ma Tong felt a little horrified when he heard it, and couldn't help but murmured in a worried voice, "...the volcano is filled with ash, there is no sunlight, the global temperature is low, and the plants are dying... It sounds like the scene when the dinosaurs became extinct - this destruction It’s already the entire biosphere! Can our planet survive World War II? The technological conditions of this era are not enough, but if this situation continues, will the earth really be destroyed by us humans?" However, as a "Terminator" who has personally created several world-destroying operations, Wang Qiu The comrade was very disapproving of this, and even sneered at it, "... …What’s this little battle? At most, it’s just the disaster level of the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty that we have seen before. If we consider that the duration is only three to five years at most, it is not as harmful as the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty. So big! Even the 'genuine' nuclear winter described in science fiction is bigger than the dinosaurs. The mass extinction was so far away! In fact, even the meteorite impact that wiped out the dinosaurs was the least damaging and least horrific of the five mass extinctions in the history of the earth. That’s all…our earth is not that fragile!”