- Tasmania erects 32-foot monolith tracking climate change actions
- Earth’s Black Box records climate data, serving unbiased narrative
- Solar-powered, it collects climate data for future reference
How can we even be sure that climate change has eradicated humanity?
To answer this query, Australian scientists are constructing Earth’s Black Box, a 32-foot-long steel monolith that collects data regarding our planet.
It will be populated with hard drives that continuously record climate change, thereby providing an “unbiased account of the events” that culminate in the demise of the Earth.
Given the presence of an individual or object capable of accessing it, it will serve as a record of how humanity failed to avert a climate calamity.
According to artist assessments, it will resemble the enigmatic monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction film “2001: A Space Odyssey” in aura.
In collaboration with the University of Tasmania, the Australian marketing firm Clemenger BBDO spearheads the ambitious undertaking.
Sonia von Bibra, chair of Earth’s Black Box and national director of production at Clemenger BBDO, stated that construction will commence and conclude in 2024.
“Although construction has not yet begun, we expect it to be finished this year,” she said.
The project has been delayed since its initial announcement in December 2021, when construction was scheduled to commence on Earth’s Black Box the following year.
Vov Bibra stated that “philanthropic donors” are “on standby” with funds to initiate construction, but the organization has been awaiting the Australian Tax Office’s approval of an application.
Reportedly, the box will be located near the western coast, between Strahan and Queenstown, approximately four hours from Hobart, although its precise whereabouts still need to be discovered.
Artistic depictions indicate that the atmosphere of Earth’s Black Box will resemble that of the black monolith from “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
While not physically black, experts compare it to an aviation black box—a device that monitors the condition and operation of an aircraft to furnish critical data in the event of accidents—as an analogy.
Connecting solar panels to the top of the box will provide it with a power source for as long as the sun shines.
The transfer of scientific data, including sea levels and temperatures, ocean acidification, atmospheric CO2, species extinction, and land-use changes in various global locations, will be powered by solar energy.
In the interim, climate change-related content from the internet, including newspaper headlines and social media posts, will be assimilated by an algorithm.
The project’s official website stated that the device’s objective is to “provide an impartial narrative of the occurrences culminating in the planet’s demise, ensure future generations are held accountable, and motivate immediate action.”
Nevertheless, the means by which data could potentially be accessed in the event of a catastrophic climate catastrophe remain unknown, as does the existence of human beings capable of executing such access.
A limited cohort of survivors may acquire more knowledge regarding the decline of civilization due to the devastation caused by catastrophic fires, flooding, and drought.
Conversely, it might instruct extraterrestrial beings from distant planets regarding the plight of Earth’s species, should they ever make it to our planet.
“Beginners will be required to have the ability to comprehend and interpret fundamental symbolism,” the developers informed ABC in 2021.
Earth’s Black Box data storage capacity is anticipated to be sufficient for the next 30 to 50 years, a critical time frame in our efforts to mitigate climate change.
After becoming operational, the Black Box will begin to record both forward and rearward. This means that it will acquire data several months before its activation.
The box may be reactivated by an electronic reader in the event that it has entered a protracted dormant state due to a catastrophic event, such as a post-apocalyptic setting reminiscent of “Mad Max.”
Until the occurrence of a climate calamity, it will undoubtedly transform into a popular tourist destination in rural Tasmania.
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As a result of humanity’s failure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists consistently forecast that a catastrophic climate event may transpire within the next century.
Climate change-induced temperature increases, food supply reductions, and biodiversity loss have the potential to precipitate a global systemic collapse.
According to a study from the previous year, humanity is in a “code red” state because climate change has shattered numerous temperature records.
According to scientists, Earth also surpassed the ‘doomed’ global warming limit of 2.7°F for the first time in 2023, the warmest year in a million years.
