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DrKhaylomsky t1_j4vfnwf wrote
With rising sea levels and lack of desalinated water, would it be possible to pipe sea water into a desert to add to rainfall and offset some sea level rise?
loki130 t1_j4vqoph wrote
Global weather patterns would cause that water to mostly get carried away and end up raining back into the sea again. Even if you could prevent that, the volume of water you'd need to move to offset even a bit of sea level rise would be enormous.
Rasser58 t1_j4ztgro wrote
Not technically pumping water, but opening a pathway and intentionally flooding an area below sea level could have a similar output. Concept for the Sahara Sea project from the 19th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_Sea
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Indemnity4 t1_j531767 wrote
An example of this in practice is the Zanclean flood that formed the Mediterranean 5.3MM years ago, and the current day Salton Sea in California.
atomfullerene t1_j4xysxv wrote
There just isnt anywhere close to enough area to make a difference even if you could do it.
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