Queen Nwabueze
Plans to install a black box on earth that will track climate disasters and possibly record civilisation events have been concluded just in case humanity gets completely destroyed, eventually.
The black box, which is set to be built on the West Coast of Tasmania, will be connected to the internet to record information which will help the future generation if our own world suffers a major apocalyptic event
Join our WhatsApp ChannelAccording to tech company, Interesting Engineering, the black box on the west coast of Tasmania, around 150 miles to the south of Australia, will launch this year.
“It is set to ‘outlive us all’ and is visually striking – a 32-foot indestructible steel monolith filled with hard drives that will record all major events about climate change, powered by solar.”
Apparently, scientists have warned humanity about global heating for so long, prompting fear that the future of humanity is increasingly uncertain.
According to the project’s website, the purpose of the device “is to provide an unbiased account of the events that lead to the demise of the planet, hold accountability for future generations and inspire urgent action.”
‘Unless we dramatically transform our way of life, climate change and other man-made perils will cause our civilization to crash. Earth’s Black Box will record every step we take towards this catastrophe, “ it states.
Every day, we are seeing deadly weather events such as fires, floods, extreme heat and droughts, already causing catastrophes across the globe. Global warming is behind many of the problems we face now – such as rising sea levels and plastic pollution.
In order to record this data, the human race proposed ‘black box’ will track climate change and man-made climate disasters – and possibly record civilisations downfall.
The proposed black box is similar to the ‘black boxes,’ which the rescue crews recover from the wreckage of planes to help discover what happened. In the same light, the black box is expected to help future civilisation and humanity with data and information when we all must have gone.
Reports say, it will come with a heavy duty battery packs. The battery packs will help provide power backup when the sun is not visible, or if there is some sort of major apocalyptic event.
The location, away from civilisation, was chosen for its geopolitical and geological stability and the data recorded will be protected by a layer of steel 7.5cm thick.
According to the website, developers are already capturing scientific data on temperature, sea levels, atmospheric CO2, despite the structure not being built just yet.
They also said an algorithm is set to record climate-change-related material from the internet, including newspaper headlines and social media posts.
ABC News has it that the box will be collecting these types of data:
Measurements of land and sea temperatures, ocean acidification, atmospheric CO2, species extinction, land-use changes, as well as human population, military spending and energy consumption.
“If the worst does happen, just because the power grids go down, this thing will still be there,” the report said.
Currently, the project is being carried out by Clemenger BBDO, Australia’s largest marketing communications company, and with researchers from the University of Tasmania.
They are still trying to establish how the data could be accessed following an apocalyptic event – but hope in the meantime to increase accountability amongst businesses and politicians as well as the entire human race.
