Hi friends, many of you know about the subsea fiber optic cables that carry the internet, right? Recently I got into a discussion with a chemistry professor about the "cable bacteria" phenomenon and I became fascinated after taking a look at the works done by Lars Peter Nielsen (Nature Reviews Microbiology din 2021)/Annette Rowe/Moh El-Naggar regarding these bacteria that eat fiber optic cables. They are well-protected by metals like steel or copper, but at 4,000 meters deep, things are different and no one can know for sure if there is a crack somewhere where the bacteria can infiltrate and create chaos, and the seawater will fry the network. It’s not an apocalyptic scenario, but it can cause a lot of material damage as well as natural disasters.
As I said, I worked on a video research with the help of the professor it’s not very academic so it won’t bore you but if you’re interested, I left a link in the comments!
by BreakPositive4017
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I’m waiting your feedback and my eastern european accent might bother you a bit, but here is the link to the yt video: https://youtu.be/lt6yOC8LzB8
that was very interesting; thank you for informing us.
Doing the Lord’s work the little buggers. Wish they would go faster, the Internet is corrosive to the mind and the soul and addictive enough to make most let their body degrade as well as they keep glued to their screens.
I can only wish them good luck and bountiful mitosis
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: The earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. Psalm 104:24-25
Good, disable communications from countries full of scam centers.