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"Flooding the depression to -20 m would lower the height of the world ocean by 2.16 milimeters" Hmm, maybe that could be a way to offset flooding from climate
by freehunter 10y ago
"Flooding the depression to -20 m would lower the height of the world ocean by 2.16 milimeters"
Hmm, maybe that could be a way to offset flooding from climate change, by redistributing the water elsewhere into low-lying but dry land.
- creshal 10y agoI don't think there's enough "free" space we could flood. 2.16 mm does not even offset the sea level rise of any single year in the past 25 years, much less the rest.
- flushandforget 10y agoI read that the mid-west (not sure if that's the correct location) in north America had heavily depleted water tables because of irrigation. When that evaporates off, where does that water go? Is it destined to stay over North America or does it end up in the sea? Or rather does this cause an imbalance? Is it more likely to rain over land?