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For aquatic life of mediterranean this will mean an end since salinity of the see would keep growing. More realistic approach is restoring lakes of Sahara [1]
by chr1 9y ago
For aquatic life of mediterranean this will mean an end since salinity of the see would keep growing.
More realistic approach is restoring lakes of Sahara [1] by combination of desalination plants, solar towers, and huge solar battery installation to cool down the region and get more rain.
It is going to require rather large investment, but it would pay off, by providing place for projected 4 billion Africans to live, and providing a way to slow down the rise of the sea level.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Basin#/media/File:Megatschad_GIS.PNG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Basin#/media/File:Megatsc...
- eru 9y agoIsn't a big part of that area below sea level? So for a start you'd just need to dig a channel to the Mediterranean or Nile and wait. No extra energy required at that step--you could even harness some from the flow. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_Sea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_Sea and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression
- chr1 9y agoYes a big part is under the sea level, and would be a good first step. But the most of the potential for storing water is in higher level lakes and aquifer.