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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by btilly on Thursday September 15, 2016 @07:30PM (#12510730)
If you pumped all of the Mediterranean into the rest of the world oceans, that would raise sea level about 7.4 meters. (The volume of the Mediterranean is about 3,750,000 km^3, the surface area of the rest of the world oceans is about 507,500,000 km^2.)

I think a few existing coastal cities might object...

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by dghughes on Thursday September 15, 2016 @10:35PM (#12511502)
Yes we do!

I live on a small island that's just above sea level and of course the main city and other towns are on the coast. We'd lose about 50% of the land here.

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by wcoenen on Saturday September 17, 2016 @06:02PM (#12522723)
Sorry, I was unclear. By "this", I just meant the dam across the strait of Gibraltar. That would allow the Mediterranean sea to be kept at its current level. I was not referring to the plan to drain the whole Mediterranean.
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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by jsprogrammer on Thursday September 15, 2016 @07:46PM (#12510811)
Alternatively, you could pump the water to land for desalination and agriculture.
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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by GunboatDiplomat on Thursday September 15, 2016 @08:13PM (#12510990)
Where do you think the water goes after being consumed by humans or plants?
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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by jessaustin on Thursday September 15, 2016 @09:48PM (#12511379)
If we're talking about fantasy-scale ecological modifications, there's no reason to ever turn off the pumps, is there?
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