The solution to terrestrial climate change does not go through emigrating to Mars

Planet Mars

Humanity here on Earth is having a huge impact on the environment. Some believe that the natural balance has been broken, which has led to a new geological stage: the Anthropocene. Temperatures continue to rise and the poles are melting at an ever-increasing rate. If this continues, the sea level could rise so much that it would force us to create new maps.

Should we migrate to Mars? Although it could be a solution (which several scientists are already looking at), Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA) director Gavin Schmidt thinks it's not worth it. And so he made it known at the International Congress on Climate Change in Huelva.

Schmidt, who has served as NASA director for three years, said that each trip to the space station, with supplies and so on, costs between 200 and 250 million euros. A trip to Mars would cost much more. That is an amount of money that we cannot afford, at least for the moment. For the expert, »emigrating to Mars is pure fantasy"And furthermore," the Earth will remain much more habitable than other planets. "

The problem is that not all countries have sufficient resources to adapt. There are some who have more money and others who have less. While the former will be able to take the necessary steps to move forward, the others will not have it so easy.

Pollution

In order to cope with climate change, Schmidt said that governments with critical conscience must be pressured. »There are people who deny climate change or who approach it from a naive perspective. Changing everyone's personal habits is not going to change the trajectory of climate change. More is needed, decisions are made at a higher level.

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