Solar-powered “lunar ark” to hold frozen plants & animals
Apr 11, 2022 19:54:50 GMT -5
Post by OmegaMan on Apr 11, 2022 19:54:50 GMT -5
Proposed solar-powered “lunar ark” to hold frozen samples of 6.7 million plants and animals
Monday, April 11, 2022 by: Ramon Tomey
Tags: Collapse, DNA, extinction, frozen cells, global insurance policy, goodscience, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Jekan Thanga, lunar ark, moon structures, quantum levitation, seed samples, species, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, underground lava tubes, university of arizona
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(Natural News) Researchers have looked to the biblical story of Noah and his ark to safeguard the Earth’s flora and fauna. But instead of gathering two of every animal, a new solar-powered ark will store frozen seed, spore, sperm and egg samples obtained from 6.7 million Earth species. This ark will not be resting on Mount Ararat, but within the moon’s enormous underground lava tubes.
University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga is the foremost mind behind the project. He and his group of undergraduate and graduate students outlined the lunar ark concept in a paper presented during the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2021. Thanga’s group dubbed the concert as a “modern global insurance policy.”
The idea of humans staying on the moon has been around for hundreds of years. However, it is not exactly a hospitable and eventful place for humans to stay in. It does not have water or breathable air, and surface temperatures can hit as low as -25 degrees Celsius (-15 degrees Fahrenheit.) On the other hand, these qualities make the moon an ideal place for storing samples that need to stay very cold and undisturbed for centuries.
Furthermore, scientists discovered a network of about 200 lava tubes just beneath the moon’s surface in 2013. This network of lunar lava tubes measures about 100 meters in diameter and could provide shelter from solar radiation, micrometeorites and surface temperature changes. These structures were first formed billions of years ago and have remained untouched since that moment. The lava tube discovery renewed the space community’s enthusiasm for the lunar ark concept.
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Thanga remarked that “Earth is naturally a volatile environment.” The aerospace and mechanical engineering professor further explained: “As humans, we had a close call about 75,000 years ago with the Toba super-volcanic eruption – which caused a 1,000-year cooling period. [According] to some, [this aligned] with an estimated drop in human diversity. Because human civilization has such a large footprint, if it were to collapse – that could have a negative cascading effect on the rest of the planet.”
Creating this lunar ark requires more than gopher wood and pitch
Thanga added that climate change is another looming concern. Many dry places will go underwater if sea levels continue to rise. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, which holds hundreds of thousands of seed samples, is among the areas Thanga’s team fears becoming submerged. The Svalbard vault stores the seeds to protect against accidental loss of biodiversity. Because of this, Thanga’s team is of the opinion that storing samples on another celestial body protects against biodiversity loss if in case an event causes total annihilation on Earth.
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Monday, April 11, 2022 by: Ramon Tomey
Tags: Collapse, DNA, extinction, frozen cells, global insurance policy, goodscience, IEEE Aerospace Conference, Jekan Thanga, lunar ark, moon structures, quantum levitation, seed samples, species, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, underground lava tubes, university of arizona
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(Natural News) Researchers have looked to the biblical story of Noah and his ark to safeguard the Earth’s flora and fauna. But instead of gathering two of every animal, a new solar-powered ark will store frozen seed, spore, sperm and egg samples obtained from 6.7 million Earth species. This ark will not be resting on Mount Ararat, but within the moon’s enormous underground lava tubes.
University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga is the foremost mind behind the project. He and his group of undergraduate and graduate students outlined the lunar ark concept in a paper presented during the IEEE Aerospace Conference 2021. Thanga’s group dubbed the concert as a “modern global insurance policy.”
The idea of humans staying on the moon has been around for hundreds of years. However, it is not exactly a hospitable and eventful place for humans to stay in. It does not have water or breathable air, and surface temperatures can hit as low as -25 degrees Celsius (-15 degrees Fahrenheit.) On the other hand, these qualities make the moon an ideal place for storing samples that need to stay very cold and undisturbed for centuries.
Furthermore, scientists discovered a network of about 200 lava tubes just beneath the moon’s surface in 2013. This network of lunar lava tubes measures about 100 meters in diameter and could provide shelter from solar radiation, micrometeorites and surface temperature changes. These structures were first formed billions of years ago and have remained untouched since that moment. The lava tube discovery renewed the space community’s enthusiasm for the lunar ark concept.
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Thanga remarked that “Earth is naturally a volatile environment.” The aerospace and mechanical engineering professor further explained: “As humans, we had a close call about 75,000 years ago with the Toba super-volcanic eruption – which caused a 1,000-year cooling period. [According] to some, [this aligned] with an estimated drop in human diversity. Because human civilization has such a large footprint, if it were to collapse – that could have a negative cascading effect on the rest of the planet.”
Creating this lunar ark requires more than gopher wood and pitch
Thanga added that climate change is another looming concern. Many dry places will go underwater if sea levels continue to rise. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, which holds hundreds of thousands of seed samples, is among the areas Thanga’s team fears becoming submerged. The Svalbard vault stores the seeds to protect against accidental loss of biodiversity. Because of this, Thanga’s team is of the opinion that storing samples on another celestial body protects against biodiversity loss if in case an event causes total annihilation on Earth.
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