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The Mediterranean used to be a dry, salty, inhospitable hellhole before the Zanclean Megaflood Thanks to that flood, we have a wonderful sea. Life, trade, and the economy have thrived on its shores for thousands of years What if we replicated that?
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The Mediterranean Sea was dry 5M years ago Then, a series of MEGAFLOODS filled it in a matter of months How did the Med dry up? Why did it fill so brutally? How would it have felt to be there? This is what we know:
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We know what would happen: Fill a dead depression with seawater With more moisture, rains follow Desert flowers blossom As water accumulates, early on it turns pink
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There are many hellholes on Earth that look exactly like the Med when it was dry: • Below sea level • So high pressure • Very hot • Very dry • They concentrate salts brought by rivers that die in these hellholes You probably think of one already: the Dead Sea
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It's 200-600m below sea level and there's not much there: some salt harvesting, a bit of tourism... It's mostly a desert
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You could bring water from the sea and flood it. This would mean: • Electricity generation, given the huge depression • Which could be used for desalination. Fresh water. Irrigation. More life. • The area would get more moisture, with more plants & animals • More tourism
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So why don't we do it? Well, we want to! Jordan had the Red-Dead Water Conveyance project, bringing water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea. But they shelved it just a few years ago. Why? It's on the border with Israel, but Israel didn't show much interest. Why?
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Because Israel had its own plan! The Med-Dead Canal would benefit from a shorter distance for the pipelines, along with a lower mountain range to go through But Jordan is wary of more dependence on Israel And this would have to go through the West Bank ➡️Nothing gets done
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What if there was a similar hellhole that doesn't depend on any other country? There is! Let's just travel a few hundreds of km to neighboring Egypt and its Qattara Depression
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The Egyptian gov had the idea of seaflooding it This would have the additional benefits of: No international discussions A much bigger surface In a much more desertic & desolate region It would reduce ocean levels by 3mm And 6% of global warming-induced sea level increases
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Not only that, but it would dramatically reduce Egypt's food scarcity—and hence political instability Ecological impact studies have been carried out, finding no real downside. There are few local animals, they can be displaced, and + animals would come Egypt should do it!
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I see a lot of ppl think this is a good idea. So share it! The more ppl know, the more they'll share. Soon, it will be common knowledge and governments will take action. So RT the top tweet if you want to push the idea:
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What if there was a way to: • Mitigate climate change • Create more life • Grow the economy • And make money along the way? Let's call it *Seaflooding*
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