In the event of a nuclear war, Earth would experience an endless winter. And what humanity remains will face an unprecedented famine. Until we learn how to farm algae, researchers are now saying.
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A nuclear war would overwhelm the earth for a long time winterwinter What scientists call nuclear winter. In question, millions of tons SuitSuit rejected inatmosphereatmosphere By bombing. A suit that will hide sunlight. Calculations indicate that a nuclear war between the United States and Russia would lower the average temperature of our planet by 9 degrees Celsius! As a result, agricultural production possibilities have virtually disappeared. Those of us who survived the bomb would experience a potentially life-threatening famine.
Algae as food in the event of nuclear war
Fortunately, an international team may have just found a solution. in the magazine Earth’s futureResearchers say that AlgaeAlgae, grown on farms, can serve not only as a source of food for humanity – and our animals – but also as fuel. Because algae appear to be resilient enough to survive in tropical waters. Even after nuclear war.
Researchers focused on Gracilaria tikwahi. According to them, only a few photons are needed for this algae to take place PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis. However, they believe that even in the event of a major nuclear war TropicalTropical Still, at noon, twenty times more photons than needed will be received. According to the researchers, after only nine months of intensive production, the algae could be enough to feed more than a billion people. A minor disadvantage is their high iodine content which limits the amount of algae we can include in our diet to about 15%.
Avoid nuclear war at all costs
But algae is also rich proteinprotein, MineralsMinerals, VitaminsVitamins, Essential amino acidsEssential amino acids And Fatty acidsFatty acids. And, although they would absorb many contaminants in the event of a nuclear war, it seems that simple treatment would be enough to reduce their content. Suffice it to imagine that algae can now contribute to global food security.
Note that other work shows that a nuclear war would also have devastating effects on our oceans. To question the conclusion of this work. The best thing, obviously, would be to avoid reaching this end at all costs.
