During the twentieth century, the temperature on the Earth's surface has increased by 0.8 degrees. Most scientists are confident that the planet is experiencing a temperature maximum, which in 50 years will be replaced by a global cooling. A new ice age will come and as a result of climatic changes a huge sea will form in the center of Siberia.
Gulf Stream - a natural heater
The Gulf Stream (warm current) originating in the Gulf of Mexico drives the streams of water heated at the equator to the north, where they give off heat to the atmosphere. At the end point of the movement, the current completely cools down and due to the difference in salinity with the waters of the Arctic Ocean, the Gulf Stream sinks to a depth and passes into the Labrador current, which moves south. Due to the transition of a warm stream to a cold one and vice versa, the Earth has a huge natural heater.
However, if the temperature of the North Pole rises by at least 1.2 degrees, the glaciers will melt, and a huge amount of fresh water will enter the Arctic Ocean. There it will mix with the Gulf Stream. Because of this, the cooling current will stop falling to the bottom. As a result, the Gulf Stream will not be able to move into the Labrador Current, and the natural stove will no longer heat.
The flow will not stop immediately, so global climate changes will be gradual. A drop in temperature will lead to massive amounts of snow and ice. White reflects 9 times more sunlight than black earth, so winter on the planet will practically not stop.
Siberian sea
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According to the researches of the scientist Valery Chumakov, the cooling will lead to the formation of a natural ice wall along the line of the northern coast of Russia. The new obstacle will disrupt the usual course of the great Siberian rivers: the Yenisei, Lena, Ob. As a result, huge ice dams are formed at their mouths, and spills will become larger. After a while, the ice dam will completely stop the flow, the water from the Siberian rivers will not go out into the ocean and will flood the surrounding lowlands.
In a few decades, a huge sea will appear in Siberia. The water level of the new facility will rise to 130 meters and through the Turgai hollow in the east of the Urals will penetrate into the European part of the continent. The Turan lowland will be flooded. The Aral and Caspian Seas will connect, and their depth will reach 80 meters. The Don will turn into the deepest river on the planet (up to 50 meters wide), and the new sea will flood vast territories of Russia.
The whole process will take from 50 to 70 years, and not only Russia will have problems. By the time the Siberian Sea is formed, all of Scandinavia, the British Isles, parts of Germany and France will be under the ice.
How to fix the situation
In the early 60s, Soviet engineers proposed building a huge dam in the Bering Strait, which would pump water from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific. Due to the lack of water masses, warm currents from the Atlantic would deepen into the Arctic Ocean, and the Gulf Stream would extend to the mouth of the Yenisei.
The idea of a dam gained popularity in the USSR. Information about it was published in the children's encyclopedia, and pictures of the future mega structure were placed on matchboxes. It is believed that the project was "hacked to death" by senior military officials who were building in the North strategically important objects for the defense of the state. Refused to build and because of its high cost.
Alexander Brazhnik
