Fang Youqun unbuttoned his collar and said, "There is ice and snow everywhere, but why do I feel like I'm getting hotter and hotter?"
"The global climate has been warming in recent years. This feeling cannot be felt in temperate zones, but it is particularly obvious in the polar regions. In recent years, the world's climate monitoring agencies have detected that the highest temperature in Antarctica has even reached more than 20 degrees Celsius above zero, causing a large amount of ice and snow to melt, greatly accelerating the rise in sea levels. You can feel the heat, which means that the climate is indeed warming." Xiang Yang shook his head.
"What? A large amount of ice and snow are melting? Brother Yang, do you mean that all the glaciers will melt?" Fang Youqun exclaimed.
Xiang Yang looked towards the glacier not far away. Under Brother Yang's illumination, the glacier was very beautiful, emitting a soft white light. If such a scenery disappeared, it would be a great loss to mankind.
"Not in the short term, but if the environment continues to deteriorate, sooner or later, all these glaciers will melt." Xiang Yang nodded.
The glaciers in Antarctica are actually formed by years of snow accumulation, which has been compacted, recrystallized and then frozen into ice. They have a certain shape and layer and are plastic. They are an important freshwater resource on the surface. If the climate does not warm up, these glaciers will only grow higher and higher and larger over time. However, in recent years, due to the large amount of gas emitted by humans, a large number of glaciers have begun to melt.
Everyone present felt heavy-hearted when they heard Xiang Yang say that if the environment continued to deteriorate, these beautiful glaciers in front of them would melt away sooner or later.
Xiang Yang also had a serious expression on his face.
It is very simple for glaciers to melt, all it takes is enough temperature.
But it is almost impossible for the melted water to form glaciers again.
Glaciers are a solid form of water, which is transformed from snow after a series of changes. To form a glacier, there must first be a certain amount of solid precipitation, including snow, fog, hail, etc. Without sufficient solid precipitation as "raw materials", it is like cooking without rice, and glaciers cannot be formed at all.
These glaciers in Antarctica are formed by sufficient solid precipitation and accumulation over millions of years.
In addition, in addition to the polar regions, there are also glaciers on many high mountains in our country.
It is much more difficult to form glaciers in high mountains than in the polar regions.
In the mountains, for glaciers to form, in addition to a large amount of solid precipitation, extremely high altitudes are required, and the mountains cannot be too steep.
If the mountain is too steep, the falling snow will slide down the steep slope, making it impossible to form snow accumulation, let alone glaciers.
“Woo—”
At this time, the icebreaker leading the way in front let out a long whistle, and then the speed slowly decreased.
"Is there a situation?" Xiang Yang immediately stood up and walked to the bow, looking towards the icebreaker.
Soon, Xiang Yang saw a flag bearer climb onto the icebreaker, waved the flag, and gave the order to the entire joint fleet to cast the net.
"Captain?" Chen Qingsheng looked at Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang waved his hand and gave the order directly: "Cast the net."
"Yes, Captain." Chen Qingsheng hurried to prepare.
Soon, the crew members stood in two neat rows on the deck, ready to deal with any unexpected events that might occur.
As a crew member of the engine room pressed the winch switch, the roar of the motor immediately sounded at the stern, and then the entire hull began to vibrate slightly.
This happened in extremely cold weather. The winch had not been used for a long time and was frozen by ice. To start the winch, it takes some time to preheat it. The vibration of the motor will break up the small ice cubes solidified on the winch.
Soon, the winch started smoothly, and after the fishing net fell into the sea, it automatically spread out under the influence of the sea tide, becoming the shape of a parachute bag.
"The team on duty that day should keep watching the sea and report to me immediately when they get any news. The rest of you should rest where you are. When the net is lifted up later, everyone should be in the best spirits possible." Chen Qingsheng shouted loudly after seeing the fishing net successfully launched into the water.
"Captain, do you have anything else to tell me?" Chen Qingsheng asked Xiang Yang.
"No, I'm very confident in your work." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
After receiving Xiang Yang's affirmation, Chen Qingsheng grinned and said, "I don't know if we can catch Antarctic ice fish with this net."
This ice fish, which is only found in Antarctica, has blood like milk and not a single red blood cell in its body. It is the catch that Chen Qingsheng looks forward to the most.
Xiang Yang smiled. Although the number of Antarctic icefish is far less than that of krill, there are still quite a lot of them in Antarctica. As long as his luck is not too bad, he can always catch a few icefish with this net.
After the fleet cast its nets, the two leading icebreakers began to move towards the glacier on the sea.
Although the Antarctic continent is vast, the entire continent is covered with ice and snow, and the number of living things is extremely small. Most of the living things in the entire Antarctic Circle are concentrated in the ocean. Unless there are unexpected events, the fleet will not approach the Antarctic continent.
When the crew saw the fishing boat heading towards the beautiful glacier, they immediately became excited. It was obvious that they were fascinated by the glacier and wanted to go over to take a closer look at it or take a photo with it.
But there is a saying that goes, "If you look at the mountain, you will die."
The huge glacier seemed to be right in front of them, but after the fleet had been trawling for more than an hour, the glacier seemed to have not moved from the same position, but it looked even bigger and more majestic.
"When do you think we will be able to reach that glacier?" Fang Youqun asked weakly.
"Why do we need that glacier? Is it because we can catch fish on the glacier, or can we tow the iceberg back and sell it for money?" Chen Qingsheng said unhappily.
"Don't forget, we are here in Antarctica to fish. We are about to pull up the nets. Everyone, please stand in the middle of the deck." When Chen Qingsheng saw the listless look on the crew members, he immediately shouted.
"Hmm? Are we going to pull up the nets?" Fang Youqun, who had been listless a moment ago, immediately became lively. "Oh, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait any longer. This is Antarctica, let me see what the first catch is."
"You kid, it seems you are more anxious than me." Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head.
Fang Youqun smiled awkwardly, "Then am I not thinking about you, Brother Yang?"
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I think we need to wait a little longer before we start fishing. The Antarctic Ocean is not like other oceans. Although there are many aquatic products, they are generally small in size. For example, krill cannot be caught by our fishing nets. Their size is much smaller than our mesh size."