The researchers have has also proposed ways to study the Moon's lava tubes by using hopping and flying robots called SphereX, adding that the tubes could also be ideal for a permanent presence of humans on the Moon, IFL Science reported. Scientists estimate that some 250 rocket launches would be needed to transport approximately 50 samples from each of 6.7 million species to be preserved to the Moon. Scientists envision the project being powered by solar panels and that elevator shafts would provide access to the underground ark, CNN reported. They added that the extremely low temperature underground would be suitable for storing the samples, according to IFL Science Scientists think the tubes – some 300 feet in diameter and formed when streams of lava melted through soft rock to form underground tunnels billions of years ago - could provide the perfect shelter for the ark, protecting it from solar radiation, surface temperature changes and micrometeorites. The network of 200 lava tubes beneath the surface of the Moon in which the ark would be stored was uncovered in 2013.
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The scientists also admitted that they are not sure how a lack of gravity could affect preserved seeds, or how to communicate with an Earth base. They presented their idea at the recent IEEE Aerospace Conference, saying that the Moon would have the advantage of being removed from the "doomsday" scenario that could destroy the Earth, IFL Science reported. The researchers stressed that the idea is dependent on advancements in cryo-robotics technology and that any move to construct such a bunker is a long way off. They said the vault could protect the genetic materials in case of "total annihilation of Earth," which would be triggered by a major drop in biodiversity. 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."ĭubbing their project a "modern global insurance policy," the scientists’ plan is to fill the ark with millions of seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from Earth's species that would be cryogenically preserved. "As humans, we had a close call about 75,000 years ago with the Toba supervolcanic eruption, which caused a 1,000-year cooling period and, according to some, aligns with an estimated drop in human diversity.
"Earth is naturally a volatile environment," said researcher Jekan Thanga, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering in the University of Arizona College of Engineering.
It’s the perfect home for a second “ark” to reduce the risk of biodiversity being lost if a catastrophic event were to annihilate certain species on Earth.Preparing for a doomsday scenario that could destroy the Earth, scientists from the University of Arizona have proposed building an underground ark hidden in a network of tubes on the Moon that could provide a genetic backup for the planet, CNN reported. Happily, we have a Moon just 238,855 miles/384,400 km from Earth where nothing ever happens. “Earth is naturally a volatile environment.” “It also caused a 1,000-year cooling period and, according to some, aligns with an estimated drop in human diversity,” said Jekan Thanga, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering in the UArizona College of Engineering and the SpaceTREx Laboratory, who presented the paper.
The massive eruption, where Lake Toba is now in Sumatra, Indonesia, caused a global volcanic winter lasting up to a decade. However, the driving force behind the lunar ark isn’t climate change or sea-level rise per se, but the Toba supervolcanic eruption of 75,000 years ago. Svalbard is experiencing rapidly rising temperatures. It’salso built at only 430 ft./130 meters above sea level. Its “permafrost mountain” home can no longer be relied upon to stay frozen, flooding the entrance in 2017.
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