Credit: Jekan Thanga/University Of Arizona Earth is naturally a volatile environment, explained Thanga, a professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering in the UArizona College of Engineering. 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. 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.
Video of Lunar Pits and Lava Tubes for a Modern Ark
He warns that severe climate change that might cause rising sea levels would find dry land suddenly underwater, most importantly at the Svalbard Seedbank, a Norwegian facility that contains hundreds of thousands of seed samples to protect against some unexpected cosmic event.
Updated Mar 12, 2021 | 16:16 IST
The study was conducted by Jekan Thanga, who is an assistant professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Arizona. Scientists suggest building a human seed vault in the moon. | Photo Credit: Representative Image
Looking at the danger looming on the earth, scientists are now proposing to deposit sperms and eggs of about 6.7 million species in order to create a sperm bank on the moon.
Calling it modern global insurance policy, this ark will be created under the moon s surface and will be stored in cryogenic temperatures there.
This is being done as a precautionary measure. At the moment, our planet is facing the wrath of environmental degradation such as climate change, as well as other natural calamities as well. Not only that, several animals and birds around the world are endangered and could be extinct.