News alert from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19579-ocean-asteroid-hits-will-create-huge-ozone... ( at New Scientist.com)they are here to inform the human race about Olympic splashes, the Earth being engulfed, dry hits, and the ocean asteroids that cause all of these catastrophes. My first thought was how can these giant space rocks possibly cause so much damage? After reading this article, I found out just how. The ozone layer would be destroyed much more rapidly than it is produced. Not only would this lead to threatening ultraviolet radiation levels, but according to Elisabetta Pierazzo of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, “It will produce an ozone hole that will engulf the entire Earth.” If in fact this harmful radiation did happen, how long would it take to kill an average human being or the entire population? Only hours? Or perhaps days or even months? The human race must learn to adapt to the radiation to be able to survive any time exposed to it. One suggestion made by Pierazzo was to plant crops more resistant to the ultraviolet rays. Which crops could withstand this radiation? Could any of them? My other thought was how else are we supposed to change our normal life styles to fit this new one if it occurs? Even though crashing into the world’s oceans can cause major distress for our planet, asteroids hitting dry dirt can cause problems for plant growth – even the radiation adapted ones. What do you think?
I think that this would be horrible, I mean we are having many problems with the ozone layer as it is asteroids creating a hole would add to the list of problems. People would suffer greatly, more skin cancer would be present in all civilizations, due to the increased uv light that would be getting through. The dry hits would be horrifying also, could all the dust in the air from inpact cause another dust bowl? Would large cities like Los Angeles and New york have skyscrapers demolished, like the twin towers on 9/11?
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