Earth's Black Box: Indestructible data recorder to be built in Tasmania to track humanity's path to climate disaster
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Wiliam Hunter
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An article describing the 'Earth's Black Box' project — an indestructible data storage structure to be built in a remote Tasmanian airfield. Inspired by airplane flight recorders, it will continuously collect environmental and climate data from space agencies, weather stations, and universities to create an unbiased record of humanity's actions leading to potential global catastrophe. The structure will be 52 feet long and designed to survive extreme conditions.
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· 3 pulledEarth's Black Box will patiently record every step humanity takes towards a deadly disaster.
The site's heavily protected data storage will gather information from space agencies, weather stations, and universities to provide an 'unbiased account' for future generations.
Its design is inspired by aeroplane flight recorders – reinforced boxes that store data in the case of a crash.
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