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this wont stop other problems caused by climate change but if sea levels start rising then you might want to consider water sequestration
start building pipes/canals from the sea or from a nearby water source into convenient containers like disused oil fields, empty salt/ore mines, caves, etc. You
might even want to create more lakes by building dams. In severe situations, flood death valley and the dead sea area and anything thats below sea level
Offsetting sea level rise: An engineering idea of Biblical proportions
http://ask.metafilt...iblical-proportions
[xaviergisz, Dec 21 2009]
A very masculine undertaking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manly
[swimswim, Dec 21 2009]
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I suppose if there are anhydrous deposits of minerals
somewhere, perhaps in deserts, this could be done
that way. |
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There are a few back-of-an-envelope calculations in the link. Some of the commenters believe you could lower the sea level by a few centimeters (maybe up to 10 cm) by filling all the areas currently below sea level. |
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But, apart from the astronomical costs and environmental damage, one of the posters (Liver) puts it nicely: |
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You're proposing that we give up a huge area of land to create an ocean to keep us from losing huge areas of land from the encroaching ocean. |
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However, if all you're doing is hydrating minerals
there would be less loss of land. You could irrigate
bits of desert below sea level with it as well, and
increase fertility. |
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We could all just try to drink more. |
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