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The elephant seals are very cute, even if the lively Adélie penguins come to harass them from time to time.

Everyone stayed where they were, stretched their necks to watch the elephant seals, and took pictures from time to time.

Watching the elephant seals, an hour and a half passed quickly.

It's almost noon, everyone needs to board the ship to have a meal and rest, and set off for the next landing point, where they will go to the hot springs at the next landing to experience the feeling of ice and fire.

Today's temperature has increased compared to yesterday, and the thermometer hanging on the ship shows that the temperature has reached six degrees Celsius.

The weather in Antarctica is already very warm, especially since there is no wind outside, it is very suitable for human activities.

Lin Qiyan was still as cold as a quail in the morning, but now he was full of energy holding a telescope and observing the situation on the land with great interest.

After Lu Ao finished his meal, Song Zhou hadn't come back yet, so he simply went to the deck and Lin Qiyan to enjoy the beauty of the Antarctic continent.

"looking at what?"

"Penguin." Lin Qiyan handed a telescope to Lu Ao, held up the other, and said, "Adelie penguins seem to be bullying emperor penguins."

"Huh?" Lu Ao looked in his direction, only to realize that what he said was true. Farther away from their landing point, several Adélie penguins were chasing and pecking at the emperor penguin cubs.

It was too far away, and it was already close to another coastline.

Those Adelie penguins grabbed the emperor penguin cubs and pecked them vigorously. The emperor penguin cubs formed a circle back to back, and seemed to have no other choice but to escape.

"What's going on with these penguins?"

Lin Qiyan muttered, wondering how such a small Adélie penguin could bully the much bigger emperor penguin cubs.

Those cubs are too disappointing. Facing Adélie penguins who are younger than them, they still just hide, and they will throw a few butts after hiding a few steps.

Lu Ao saw it too.

He didn't study penguins deeply, and he didn't know what happened to these penguins.

They can't get involved in a penguin fight of this level.

The two stood on the deck and watched for a long time. Adélie penguins kept chasing and pecking at the emperor penguins.

The members of the scientific expedition team finished sampling on the deck. When they turned around and saw that the two were still there, the members of the scientific expedition team couldn't help leaning down and approaching them, "What are you looking at? You are so interested in watching it."

"Look at the penguins." Lin Qiyan handed him the binoculars, "For some reason, Adélie penguins are bullying emperor penguins."

The scientific expedition team took the binoculars to see the situation clearly and then smiled, "Adelie penguins are notoriously domineering, why is it strange that they bully emperor penguins?"

"Emperor penguins don't resist?"

"Emperor penguins are more docile to a certain extent. Emperor penguin cubs are even more docile, and there is no way to resist."

Another member of the scientific expedition interjected, "The Adélie penguins bullying the emperor penguins this time is not just a prank, they want to drive the emperor penguins into the water."

"Ah?" Lin Qiyan was puzzled.

Lu Ao also turned to look at him.

The scientific expedition team made gestures and said: "About five kilometers from here, a large iceberg slipped and happened to block the way for Adélie penguins to forage. They may want to drive away the emperor penguins and occupy this place as A new launch site."

"Ah?" The scientific expedition team member who spoke earlier touched his head, "Why don't I know?"

"Maybe you didn't pay attention to the paper that was just published last week."

Lu Ao asked: "Does this situation have a big impact on Adélie penguins?"

The scientific expedition team member shook his head, "There was no specific observational data behind the paper I was reading, and I haven't read the news for several days, so I don't know if there is a follow-up paper. Logically speaking, the impact should not be particularly large, at least It will not affect this group too much."

During their discussion, the scientific research ship started.

The scientific research ship will go to the next destination.

Lin Qiyan looked at the group of penguins from a distance.

The penguins in the distance have turned into black dots, and they can no longer be seen clearly.

He felt a little heavy, "Is it common for icebergs to fall?"

"It's very common. Isn't it summer here? In the past ten years or so, the weather has warmed up again. Icebergs are melting much faster than usual. Almost every summer, large icebergs will fall."

The expedition team members sighed, "Don't look at it as if there are Adélie penguins all over the mountains and plains, but in fact their number is only about 30.00% of what it was ten years ago."

"Is there no way to protect them?"

"Not currently." The expedition team member said helplessly, "The proposition of global warming is very complicated. It is not only a human problem, but also involves the operation of the entire earth system. Do you know about glacial and interglacial periods?"

Both Lu Ao and Lin Qiyan nodded.

"Some people think that we have now entered a new 'interglacial period', so the climate has been warming. This global warming will inevitably lead to drastic ecological changes, which will not depend on human will."

Lin Qiyan couldn't help it, "Could it be that we can't do anything?"

"That's not true. There are not so many scientists in the world working hard for this. You see, we don't just come here to drink the cold wind when we have nothing to do. It's all for scientific research."

Another research team member wrapped his arms around his neck, "Aren't you the same? You came all the way here to record this program. It will help people understand Antarctica and protect the earth, right?"

The research team members are very friendly.

Neither Lin Qiyan nor Lu Ao was comforted much.

The two dragged their feet and went back to their respective cabins for a lunch break in frustration.

Lu Ao returned to the cabin in a low mood, and Song Zhou had already returned.

Seeing that he was not in a good mood, Song Zhou walked over, "What's wrong?"

"I just talked about the impact of global warming on penguins." Lu Ao walked in side by side with him, "The scientific research team said that it is now an interglacial period, and global warming is a major trend. We may usher in a wave of extinction."

Song Zhou looked at him, "It's not that bad. The world is always changing, both the environment and the climate. Sometimes it changes in a direction that is unfavorable to human beings, and sometimes it changes in a direction that is beneficial..."

Lu Ao raised his eyes and said in a low voice, "I don't quite understand."

Song Zhoudao: "For example, our existence, we are a part of this world. When we play an active role, to some extent, we can change this world."

Seeing that he was still depressed, Song Zhou pinched the back of his neck and softened his tone, "When humans magnify something, they may be more pessimistic, but overall, the situation is still within the controllable range."

Lu Ao raised his hand.

Song Zhou grabbed his shoulders and said: "Humans and non-humans are working hard for this. The abnormal personnel supervision agency is eliminating these abnormal factors. Those humans who lead the human race still have a certain spectrum in this regard, don't worry .”

"Oh." Lu Ao sat on the chair, rested his chin on his arm, and looked at him, "Can non-humans like us interfere with the environment?"

"That's not called interfering with the environment. We are part of the environment. The concept of the environment is much bigger than we imagined. We can exert some positive influence on it."

Lu Ao thought about it for a while, and he seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.

Song Zhou pulled him up, "It's time for you to take a nap."

Lu Ao hung it on Song Zhou's shoulder, "Together."

"it is good."

Lu Ao was carried away by him, and he remembered again, "How are the geese and fat pier at home?"

"Don't worry, I just fed him just now." Song Zhou put him on the bed, "The fat man has grown a little bigger than the naked eye."

Lu Ao felt a little more relaxed, "So exaggerated?"

"You'll find out when you go back and have a look in a few days. Go to bed now."

Lu Ao was pressed on the bed, so he had to take off his coat and pants, throw them at the end of the bed, and wrapped himself in a quilt to sleep.

Song Zhou came up to accompany him.

Lu Ao shrank into Songzhou's arms and fell asleep soundly smelling his breath.

They couldn't reach the hot spring until late in the evening, and Lu Ao set the alarm clock for 04:30 in the afternoon.

However, in the afternoon, Lu Ao was awakened not by the alarm clock, but by the sound of rain.

The rain was heavy and urgent. It hit the ship's wall and mixed with the sound of the waves. The sound was very special.

Lu Ao has an instinctive concern for rainwater.

He rolled over and sat up, looking at the sky outside the window.

The Antarctic continent is now in the polar day period. The two days they sailed around the Antarctic have been in the daylight state. Before taking a nap, it was still bright outside the window.

Now it is completely different.

He looked out of the window, the sky was dark and low, the raindrops were hitting the sea and the outside of the ship in big drops, the waves below were heaving, and there were wandering albatrosses and Antarctic skuas flying in the wind and rain in the distance, looking very pitiful.

Lu Ao didn't expect that the sky would change when he woke up, let alone that it was raining in Antarctica.

The weather in Antarctica is too cold, it usually snows, and it rarely rains, let alone such a heavy rain.

It's supposed to be raining.

"What's going on here?" Lu Ao turned over and got up, picked up the clothes on the bed and simply put them on, frowning, "Why did it suddenly rain so much?"

Song Zhou watched the rain outside the boat with him, "Maybe it's because the weather is warm."

It was raining and the visibility was poor, and their boat had stopped, deliberately parked some distance away from the mainland.

This level of wind and waves is strong enough to propel their boat and risk hitting the rocks if they get too close.

Lu Ao suddenly remembered, "Too bad, it's the breeding season for Adélie penguins."

"Ok?"

"Adelie penguins like to build their nests on rocks. The rain is heavy and the rocks are easy to flood. The penguin eggs will definitely be flooded. This will definitely affect their hatching."

Lu Ao frowned, "At this time, there are emperor penguins that have hatched and have not shed their fluff. If they are caught in the rain, they may freeze to death."

It is much colder when it rains than when it is sunny.

Lu Ao could already clearly feel the temperature drop.

There are no trees in Antarctica, and emperor penguin cubs can hardly find a place to shelter from the rain on land.

If they get wet from the rain, they will be like a big towel soaked with water, and they will not be able to dry their feathers for a long time.

In a place like Antarctica, wind and rain come together. If they really get wet, their fate is basically to die from hypothermia.

Lu Ao looked at the large-scale rain clouds in the sky, moved his fingers, and suddenly turned to Song Zhou, "Can I disperse these rain clouds?"

Song Zhou looked at the rain clouds outside the window with him, thought for a while, then nodded, "Yes."

Lu Ao's heart settled down with Song Zhou's words.

It seemed that as long as Song Zhou spoke up, there would be justice in dispersing the rain clouds.

Closing his eyes, Lu Ao stood by the window, feeling the large rain clouds outside.

He'd never tried to control so many rain clouds at once, but he thought he could.

He is no longer what he used to be.