After the birth of the first year of human civilization, there are very few years that can repeat even numbers, such as: 1010, 1111, 1212, etc. Basically, such a double-numbered year will appear every 100 years.
In ancient times, due to the lack of scientific development, no major events occurred in even numbers every 100 years. However, since mankind entered the era of science and technology, science has shown a period of rapid development of human civilization, and a century of years is enough to have a huge impact on the entire human civilization.
1919 was an even-numbered year that appeared in the last century. In this year, many major events happened in the world. For example: the establishment of the German Nazi Party, the outbreak of the “March One Anti-Japanese Uprising” in North Korea, the establishment of the Third International (Communist International), etc. The most influential among them was the “Paris Peace Talks”, which laid the foundation for the arrival of the First World War. The world political structure during the Second World War can be said to be a major reshuffle of the global political structure.
The May Fourth Movement in our country also took place in 1919. I believe many friends know the influence of the May Fourth Movement on our country. There were so many major events in 1919, so many people in 2020 are full of various expectations and at the same time full of various worries. Last year, many predictors were not optimistic about 2020, guessing that it might be a very bad year.
At that time, many people sneered at these predictions, thinking that 2020 would be a wonderful and happy year. But now there is only one month left in 2020 to end. Looking back on the entire 2020, we don’t see much happiness. Instead, we often hear that this or that kind of disaster has happened again somewhere in the world.
It can be said that 2020 is indeed a very bad year, with so many disasters that we cannot breathe. Let us review the disasters and major events that have occurred in 2020. The first catastrophe of 2020 lasted from November 2019, and that was the Australian bushfires.
The fire lasted for four months, 500 million animals died, and a large number of animals were left homeless. Australia’s virgin forests have also been burnt with lupus. We can imagine that once a forest fire occurs, the spread will be very fast. Even if it only burns for half a month, it will be a huge loss. The Australian fire burned for 4 months, and it should have been almost burnt.
The Australian fire has also had a considerable impact on the global climate in 2020. When the Australian fire burned, a larger disaster involving the whole world also occurred, that is, the new crown epidemic that made people fearful. Every Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival was originally a very important and lively festival in our country every year, but the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival in 2020 have been overshadowed by the epidemic.
Regarding the new crown epidemic, people initially thought that it would go away soon and people’s lives would return to normal. But I didn’t expect that it would become more and more powerful in the future, spreading to the whole world, and it has continued to not end until now, and it may still exist for some time next year.
Global warming has always been a lively topic that people continue to discuss, and the high temperature in 2020 is even higher than people’s imagination, and many things that were impossible before will appear in 2020. For example, in January 2020, scientists discovered vegetation at a height of 6,159 meters on Mount Everest. This is an incredible phenomenon.
You must know that Mount Everest has always been a very cold area. Although there are some vegetation there, it is basically in a relatively low position. The highest of Mount Everest is 8848.43 meters, which is an altitude. The position of 6159 meters is not far from the top of the peak. It should be a very cold area. But now I have discovered vegetation. It can be seen that the temperature of the entire Mount Everest is rising. It is possible that in the near future, Mount Everest will no longer be cold. It is no longer a world of ice and snow, but has become a green mountain.
In February, Seymour Island, Antarctica, the temperature reached 20 degrees. Antarctica is the coldest part of the earth. There is a high temperature of 20 degrees here. You say it is strange. In the eyes of travellers, it is a good thing that Antarctica has become warmer, and tourism can be better, but in the eyes of scientists, it is not happy at all.
In March, a large area of weird red snow appeared on the snow outside the Ukrainian National Antarctic Science Center in Antarctica, which is the name “watermelon snow” that everyone is more accustomed to. In the icy and snowy Antarctica, the red snow looks really so. The weird and scared.
At the beginning of 2020, the desert locusts in Africa began to sprout, and a large number of locusts began to suck on the farmland, and they became more and more serious. This is the most serious locust plague in Africa in the past 25 years, and it lasted for a very long time. On November 4, the African locust plague broke out again and created a huge threat to the local food.
In June, the temperature of Verkhoyansk, a small Siberian town in the Arctic Circle, reached 38 degrees Celsius, which is rare in history. It is not surprising if such a temperature occurs in other regions. It is important to know that after the arrival of the high temperature season, 40 degrees Celsius is already a conscience temperature. But where is Siberia, I believe many friends know that it is a cold region alongside Antarctica.
In the cold place, there was a high temperature of 38 degrees Celsius, breaking the high temperature record in the Arctic Circle, which made many experts feel incredible. At the same time, they were full of deeper concerns about the ecology of the earth. The emergence of high temperatures in Siberia caused the permafrost to continue to melt, and the methane contained in the ice was also released in large quantities, causing various fires.
Entering July-August when the high temperature season reaches its peak, it is also a time when the rainy season is more frequent. Therefore, during this period of time, the high temperature and heavy rain are very frequent. The California fire almost turned two world-famous observatories to ashes. Fortunately, the fire brigade was waiting for it, and finally did not destroy the century-old foundation. The California fire has not really been extinguished. It is still going on. It may be affected by the La Niña phenomenon. California wildfires may burn throughout the year until April next year, which will last for a full year.
Our country also encountered very serious floods from July to August this year. Many cities in the south were threatened by heavy rains and floods. 2020 is an extraordinary year and a year of frequent disasters. The Denman Glacier in Antarctica collapsed rapidly in March, and the Science paper in May warned that Antarctica’s ice melting rate exceeded expectations. In August, Milne Ice in Nunavut, Canada The shelf collapsed, and in September it was said that there was a 300-meter hole under the ice of Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica. One by one bad news made people feel panic.
Now that the winter has entered, the signs of the La Niña phenomenon are becoming more and more obvious. Climate organizations and experts continue to warn that the La Niña phenomenon may occur from 2020 to 2021, and my country may face a cold winter phenomenon this year. Of course, this is not the end. The answer needs to be supported by future climate development.
The above are some major natural disasters that have occurred in 2020, and more and more natural disasters are warnings issued by nature to mankind. It warns mankind: The deterioration of the ecological environment has reached a very serious level, and if it continues to develop, it is possible that the earth’s ecology may completely enter an irreversible situation. At that time, human beings were protecting the environment, and it was useless to work hard.
At the same time, nature also warns human beings: We should unite, tide over the difficulties together, and return the earth to a better tomorrow. Although these warning wishes of nature are beautiful, humans do not pay enough attention to it. In terms of unity, it is even more difficult to describe. I believe many friends know that in addition to more natural disasters in 2020, there are also many major events caused by conflicts and disputes between various countries.
On the one hand, the earth’s ecological environment is rapidly deteriorating, and nature has frequently issued warnings, but we have ignored them. On the other hand, the contradictions within human beings never cease at all, and it is difficult to form true unity. Without the joint efforts of all mankind, it is difficult to solve the problem of ecological deterioration of the earth.
Technology has brought a leap of civilization to mankind, and it has also brought about the deterioration of the ecological environment. In the future, to solve the problem of ecological deterioration, we still need to rely on science and technology. Only if a powerful new energy such as controllable nuclear fusion can be realized, then the problem of industrial pollution can be effectively controlled. However, it is not easy to achieve this. On the one hand, we are working hard to research and explore new energy technologies, on the other hand, the environment is accelerating.
We are now racing against time. Before the ecological environment completely collapses and cannot be reversed, if we can study new energy sources such as nuclear fusion, then the future of the earth will be preserved. But if we fall before dawn and the ecological collapse is before, then the earth may never be able to recover, and we will completely lose the beautiful home of the earth.