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> I think the Australians might have a few objections to that proposal... As one of them, I know I do at least! Well, Australia claims about half of Antarctic

> I think the Australians might have a few objections to that proposal... As one of them, I know I do at least! Well, Australia claims about half of Antarctica so as long as we can enforce that claim maybe it's not the end of the country. Just have to declare part of it "New Southern New South Wales" and take it from there. > I wonder if that would mean fewer interior deserts than a large continent like Australia has. There Arabian pensinsula are the Sahara are surrounded on three sides by sea, but they're still very dry. The Sahara and Arabian deserts go right up to the coast. As mentioned in my reply to your other reply, as far as I know it's not a lack of water but what happens to the water once it's evaporated that causes the dryness in those areas - it goes up into the high atmosphere and comes down in rain over the tropics. Wish I remembered the name though.

someNameIG 4y ago
> Well, Australia claims about half of Antarctica so as long as we can enforce that claim maybe it's not the end of the country. I have always wondered how this would turn out. Currently not many other countries recognise our claims, but so far there's been no reason to enforce them. Given out proximity we are in a good position to enforce them, and the likes of BHP and Rio Tinto would love access to all the possible resources.
valarauko 4y ago
> as far as I know it's not a lack of water but what happens to the water once it's evaporated that causes the dryness in those areas - it goes up into the high atmosphere and comes down in rain over the tropics. Wish I remembered the name though. It's the other way around - the subtropical ridges are high pressure high altitude masses of dry air that fall to the surface around 30 N & S. This dry air is then sucked back to the equator as the Trade Winds, which further dry out the sub tropics. > Wish I remembered the name though. Hadley cell?

someNameIG 4y ago

> Well, Australia claims about half of Antarctica so as long as we can enforce that claim maybe it's not the end of the country. I have always wondered how this would turn out. Currently not many other countries recognise our claims, but so far there's been no reason to enforce them. Given out proximity we are in a good position to enforce them, and the likes of BHP and Rio Tinto would love access to all the possible resources.

valarauko 4y ago

> as far as I know it's not a lack of water but what happens to the water once it's evaporated that causes the dryness in those areas - it goes up into the high atmosphere and comes down in rain over the tropics. Wish I remembered the name though. It's the other way around - the subtropical ridges are high pressure high altitude masses of dry air that fall to the surface around 30 N & S. This dry air is then sucked back to the equator as the Trade Winds, which further dry out the sub tropics. > Wish I remembered the name though. Hadley cell?