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(08-08-2014, 01:25 AM)ai_vin Wrote:
(08-07-2014, 03:53 PM)iancampbell Wrote: I'm not entirely sure about this, but I seem to remember a mooted project to make the Sahara bloom by digging a canal into the interior. Apparently, there are several areas considerably below sea level and a sea-level canal would introduce water from the Mediterranean, presumably increasing rainfall in the area around the new seas.

Link: Sahara Sea

Yeah I remember that too. On a related note I wonder if sea level raise due to global warming could achieve the same thing without canals. Where, and how high, are the natural barriers that are currently keeping these below sea level areas from flooding now? Would there be enough sea level raise to breach them?

Good question, to which I don't know the answer. A related question is that of how likely natural processes such as earthquakes are to open up channels such as this.

The idea was briefly resurrected as part of the discussions around Project Plowshare. One thing that nuclear explosions are rather good at doing is making big holes, especially if set up specifically to do that.
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Arctic methane - by radtech497 - 08-06-2014, 08:47 PM
RE: Arctic methane - by Drashner1 - 08-07-2014, 02:43 AM
RE: Arctic methane - by stevebowers - 08-07-2014, 06:29 AM
RE: Arctic methane - by ai_vin - 08-07-2014, 02:13 PM
RE: Arctic methane - by iancampbell - 08-07-2014, 03:53 PM
RE: Arctic methane - by ai_vin - 08-08-2014, 01:25 AM
RE: Arctic methane - by iancampbell - 08-08-2014, 07:59 AM
RE: Arctic methane - by stevebowers - 08-08-2014, 08:45 AM
RE: Arctic methane - by radtech497 - 05-04-2015, 05:42 AM
RE: Arctic methane - by stevebowers - 05-04-2015, 06:22 AM

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