The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge Africa and Europe

Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by jsprogrammer on Thursday September 15, 2016 @07:46PM (#12510816)

How would sea creatures get in and out?

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by bskdjx on Thursday September 15, 2016 @08:30PM (#12511064)

I don't think many, if any, cross it as it is. Not as a necessity in their life cycle anyway.

The strait is really narrow, with really strong currents and a huge change in salinity.

Not fun.

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by pmontra on Friday September 16, 2016 @01:45AM (#12512087)

I didn't think about this. A quick search and I found one population of tuna that live in the Atlantic and breeds in the Mediterranean http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/unraveling-the-se...

Probably they're not the only sea creatures that cross Gibraltar so this is a concern. Non a minor objection, but one among the many that would be raised. Think also about the political and military implications of a bridge from Africa to Europe.

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by roel_v on Friday September 16, 2016 @04:38AM (#12512661)

Fish catapults?

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by GunboatDiplomat on Thursday September 15, 2016 @08:14PM (#12510995)

That seems like a minor objection.

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Re:The Real-Life Plan to Drain the Mediterranean and Merge A... by jsprogrammer on Sunday September 18, 2016 @11:29AM (#12525680)

What do you mean?

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