Tervell [he/him]@hexbear.net to art@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agoChina 2098 （10）：黄海边的海水淡化枢纽 (Seawater desalination hub on the Yellow Sea), by Fan Wennan on ArtStationhexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina 2098 （10）：黄海边的海水淡化枢纽 (Seawater desalination hub on the Yellow Sea), by Fan Wennan on ArtStationhexbear.netTervell [he/him]@hexbear.net to art@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaresooper_dooper_roofer [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoIt’s based. All the world’s deserts could be greened, and the resulting water shadow would only leave the oceans 1% saltier green land also has something like 100x more biomass than ocean per unit area
minus-squaredrhead [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoUhh, wouldn’t that necessarily cause extinction of species that live in those deserts? I’d at least be on board for doing it to the extent that we undo our own damage… but like, the world is supposed to have some deserts.
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYeah, but there are tons of deserts that are man made from over farming and deforestation. Plenty of arid lands that are only recently arid
It’s based.
All the world’s deserts could be greened, and the resulting water shadow would only leave the oceans 1% saltier
green land also has something like 100x more biomass than ocean per unit area
Uhh, wouldn’t that necessarily cause extinction of species that live in those deserts? I’d at least be on board for doing it to the extent that we undo our own damage… but like, the world is supposed to have some deserts.
Yeah, but there are tons of deserts that are man made from over farming and deforestation. Plenty of arid lands that are only recently arid