CBS News reports: Scientists are pulling inspiration from Noah's Ark in a new lunar proposal that they call a 'global insurance policy. Posted by EditorDavid on Monday Ma03:39AM from the arks-and-recreation dept. Building a lunar ark is no small undertaking, but, based on some "quick, back-of-the-envelope calculations”, said Thanga. Scientists Propose Another 'Doomsday Vault' - on the Moon () 107. The discovery of the lava tube renewed the enthusiasm for the concept. This idea has been around for hundreds of years. 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”. He added, “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. In a statement, the University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga said, “Earth is naturally a volatile environment”. Scientists say that 250 rocket launches would be required to transport about 50 samples from each of 6.7 million species to the moon, CNN reported.
However, the construction and delivery can pose a little problem. A 30 per cent efficiency, 191 square meters of solar panels, would be enough to power the Lunar Ark. They propose to build an underground vault on the moon as a sort of global insurance policy. Powering such a facility should not be such a difficult task. The CLV might not be the only backup plan needed to ensure the survival of agriculture in the event of a Doomsday situation, and scientists have come up with an out-of-this-world idea for an additional backup facility, a plan C, as it were. start now by replicating the Svalbard Seed Vault inside the Lunar Lava Tubes. Also, the extremely low temperatures would be helpful for storing the samples. Scientists are pulling inspiration from Noahs Ark in a new lunar proposal that they call a global insurance policy. University of Arizona scientists propose lunar ark as a global insurance. There are hundreds of lava tubes beneath the surface of the Moon, however, they are shielded from radiation and micrometeorites. This will be similar in concept to Svalbard's famous "Doomsday" Seed Vault, but in a place where the climate crisis can't reach the specimens. As per the proposal, the moon’s lava tubes and lunar pits could be ‘ideal places’ to construct a modern-day Noah’s Ark. Scientists propose creating a Noahs Ark on the Moon, which stores millions of sperm and egg samples, to serve as a 'new global insurance policy.
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A team of researchers from the University of Arizona have made a proposal to build an ark, deeming it as a "modern global insurance policy" for 6.7 million species from Earth, which are preserved and hidden inside a series of caves and tunnels under the moon's surface.
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