08-07-2014, 06:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-07-2014, 06:37 AM by stevebowers.)
I'm very much open to any input about the progress of climate change in the next couple of centuries. This is a complex futurological issue, and we shouldn't forget to include the effects of any possible geoengineering attempts in the same period. Some of these might fail, or even make things worse - a possibilty we could make some narrative use of.
Another interesting possibility is that the increased heat in Northern Africa could restart the monsoon conditions that existed there back in the Eemian, when the planet was slightly hotter than now. The Sahara was criss-crossed by several rain-fed Nile-like rivers, which exist only as dried up beds today.
http://6000generations.wordpress.com/201...erglacial/
I'm quite keen on the idea of 'terraforming' the Sahara at some point in the next 500 years of the OA scenario, and the re-establishment of a monsoon regime would help with this. These sort of rapid changes to the Earth's environment will cause many problems with existing ecosystems, even when the change seems to be an improvement.
Another interesting possibility is that the increased heat in Northern Africa could restart the monsoon conditions that existed there back in the Eemian, when the planet was slightly hotter than now. The Sahara was criss-crossed by several rain-fed Nile-like rivers, which exist only as dried up beds today.
http://6000generations.wordpress.com/201...erglacial/
I'm quite keen on the idea of 'terraforming' the Sahara at some point in the next 500 years of the OA scenario, and the re-establishment of a monsoon regime would help with this. These sort of rapid changes to the Earth's environment will cause many problems with existing ecosystems, even when the change seems to be an improvement.