Can we move ocean water to the desert?

Question

Aware with the rise of the sea level due to the global warming. Do you guys think that its worth the effort if we move the ocean water to desert and barren area accross USA, Africa, Australia, etc.

Does the ocean water will go back to the sea? from the condensation, or when it is absorbed back to the sea? etc? is it worth to do this to save the land?

thanks

Answer 1

Hi. Yes, it's called desalination.

Its cost is decreasing. Soon we will use it in America. Contrary to what many say, it is/will be relatively cheap and we have the expertise (though Canda might kick our asses).

Just so you know--you don't seem too clear--you never import salt water anywhere. It's an environmental poison. You have to clean it first.

Invest in Canadian companies, that's all I have to say.

Answer 2

If you dumped tons of ocean water on the desert, you would poison the land. Land that is full of salt won't grow anything. You would destroy the few lifeforms that live there, and ensure that no more take root. A better idea would be to seed clouds above the desert, but care must be taken here as well. Since the desert has almost no plant life, there's nothing to prevent massive floods and landslides if lots of water were to be dumped at once. I think the best plan would be to hydrate the desert over a period of years to give the land a chance to acclimate.

Answer 3

I think we should divert our great rivers from flowing into the sea, and send them back into our arid areas.

For example, the Columbia river flows billions of fresh gallons of water into the sea.. Why not divert it down the coast in a great man made river and irrigate all of Oregon, California and Nevada?

Certainly it would be costly, but once done, our water problems would be solved forever and in the long run it would more than pay for itself...

So no, let's not move ocean water to the sea, (which we'd have to de-salinate,) lets use the fantastic amount of fresh water we allow to flow back into the sea, as our water resource for the next few thousand years...

What do you think?

Answer 4

Actually, these days moving Icebergs to where the water is needed makes more sense. Icebergs are made of fresh water and therefore are perfect to move to anyplace on earth.


http://www.gdargaud.net/Antarctica/Icebergs.html
Icebergs, the floating mountains of ice

What's the use for icebergs ? Well, there have been ideas of dragging them to countries that lack freshwater and some tests have been performed, but the overal cost is no better than a modern desalination plant.

Answer 5

If the sea level is rising it must be extremely slowly. The high tide mark on the beach at home is still the same as it was 30 years ago. At this rate we will all be underwater in another million years or so. Panic, run for the hills!!!!

Answer 6

Mideast nations do it for farming but as a resolution to rising oceans from global warming ? No, because the amount of water that would have to moved is so massive that the task would not be do-able.

Answer 7

It will crate lots of environmnetal problems as you have said. For aquaculture and fresh water purposes we are pumping the water inside the land mass, which has created worst consequences by spoiling land quality and water quality, status of ecosystem etc. Your question needs, real research.

Answer 8

A better answer than moving oceans is fixing the problem. not covering the result.

Answer 9

for some reason i don't think anything would grow, maybe just a big mess of sand but it might change the weather and cause storms... what i always wanted was for a big giant broom to sweep it all up and look for lost treasures buried underneath lol

Answer 10

moving water arround will make no doffrence it will simply evaporte and then rain the only way to fix our global warming/freezing problem is to stop green house gas emitions!