#千万IP创科学热门# Provincial third prize: "Towards a Zero-Carbon World"

Editor: Nan Jiangxue Proofreader: Gao Rui Reviewer: Yang Pengbin

The winning works of the 2nd Ningxia Middle School Students' Science Popularization and Science Fiction Writing Competition

Yinchuan Tanglai Middle School, Yinchuan, Class of 2022 Ma Sihan's instructor: Shi Yanmei

"You finally woke up!" I opened my eyes, and before I could see the scene clearly, I was attracted by the voice. I looked around but didn't see anyone. When I was wondering, I heard a voice from the side, "Hey, I'm here!" I looked in the direction of the voice, and saw a robot about the same height as a human looking at me. She smiled and took my hand and said, "Welcome to 2060, a truly zero-carbon world." I was surprised by this, but I couldn't help but want to explore it, so I asked, "Why am I the only one here, and no one else is with me?" The robot Xiaoxi said to me, "People have already come to 2060, and only you have traveled from 2022. Now let me take you to know this new world." As soon as we walked out of the building, I was shocked by the scene in front of me. Compared with the past, the buildings now appear taller and more environmentally friendly. Xiaoxi then said, "The materials we use are special. You see, when the carbon dioxide produced by industry is discharged, these materials will automatically absorb the carbon dioxide and gather. When the carbon dioxide reaches a certain volume, the carbon dioxide will be uniformly processed and then release oxygen, which can reduce the emission of carbon dioxide." As we were talking, a man drove a strange-looking car past. "What's going on? And why didn't that man drive himself?" "Haha, in this world we all use solar-powered automatic cars. This kind of car is equipped with an intelligent sensing version that can automatically absorb solar energy and automatically identify directions. How about it? Isn't it both environmentally friendly and convenient?"

After a while, we came to a circular building. Xiaoxi said to me: "What you just saw is just the change in our daily life, but what is really important is the survival of every creature on the earth. Now please follow me."

After following Xiaoxi into the building, a huge screen came into view, and the picture on the screen made my heart start to beat wildly. The screen showed the creatures in the Antarctic region. Through the screen, I saw penguins walking in groups on the snow. They looked lively and cute, not the pitiful and helpless penguins in 2030 when they had nowhere to find food; through the screen, I saw round seals with shiny black fur flopping in the water, not the heartache and helplessness when hundreds of thousands of seals were homeless and could only live in that tiny piece of land. When I saw this, I had already burst into tears and couldn't control my tears. In the past few decades, people have cut down trees wantonly and emitted a large amount of carbon dioxide in order to develop the economy, causing the greenhouse effect, which has caused many glacier animals to lose food, companions, and their homes. Now that carbon neutrality has been achieved, with the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, the greenhouse effect has gradually weakened, and those lively and cute animals have once again returned to their homes.

Excessive carbon dioxide emissions have led to rising global temperatures. Environmental problems such as melting glaciers, rising sea levels, flooding of coastal land, and increased pest damage after rising temperatures have become factors that endanger the survival of life on Earth. But now, in 2060, we have finally relied on unremitting efforts to defeat these difficulties one by one, making the polluted sky bright again and the polluted environment clean again. After a deep sigh, I looked at the tall and majestic buildings in front of me, the happy and happy people on the street, turned around and said to Xiaoxi: "The zero-carbon world in 2060 is the most beautiful and happiest world."