ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down127
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·10 months agoWhile that’s true, a large saltwater deposit somewhere arid would allow for water to evaporate into the air and create humidity and increase the probability of rain occurring in that area regularly.
minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·10 months agoIf by “large Saltwater deposit” you mean “an ocean” then maybe. Pumped sea water? No.
While that’s true, a large saltwater deposit somewhere arid would allow for water to evaporate into the air and create humidity and increase the probability of rain occurring in that area regularly.
If by “large Saltwater deposit” you mean “an ocean” then maybe. Pumped sea water? No.