Is it possible to change a desert climate to a more greener and cooler climate?

Question

I have few ideas such as using several large fountains in series that shoot sea water into the air hundereds of meters to cool the surrounding area. This may effect the dessert climate in a way that it may start to eventually cool the atmosphere and bring in cool air currents. The fountains would take seawater from the nearby seas that surround a particular country and by using gas turbine pumps send the water high into the atmosphere. There would be a byproduct of this process in that it will create seawater lakes that may also contribute to cooling the local area.

Also, as the water falls it will draw in cooler upper atmoshpere air similar to what happens in rain squals when wind is generated by the falling rain drops.

Answer 1

That is an interesting concept. It might actually work if things get terribly desperate.

It would require a tremendous amount of energy to do that so I fear even if it would work the cost would overrule the benefits.
Besides the jets of water being blasted high into the air would be a hazard to airplanes. Heh heh heh. Imagine, flooded engines at 30,000 feet!
The high altitude jets of water might provide sufficient cooling to cause a drop in temperatures but the salt would get blown far and wide and could cause a great deal of trouble. Crops can't grow in salty soil and who knows how far the wind might carry it?

Deserts are extremely dry and would rapidly absorb most of the water pumped into any lakes. That would provide some cooling but I fear not enough.

One approach that has been shown to work is to build machinery to remove the salt and pump the water directly to areas of the desert where crops can be grown by using slow drip irrigation. Trees and plants can grow right in the area where the water is fed in a constant drip. The shade from the trees would provide some cooling effect. The time is coming when more countries will have to make the move to that system to feed their people.

Even California in the U.S. may have to do that because they have far more people than they have water for. California pays farmers NOT to use water from the Colorado river so they can have it for their cities!!

That could certainly benefit Mexico and many countries in Africa.

I like that you are thinking about the problem. There is no such thing as a bad idea. Every idea has some merits and eventually with enough ideas we can solve any problem that doesn't involve human nature.

Keep those creative thoughts flowing, practice makes perfect.....

Answer 2

Now this is a question worth a good debate! XD me personally I believe that the planet is going through a cycle of natural change. we have only known the weather for 200 years and compare that to how long the human race has been on this planet, its a very short time. we don't know enough about the Earth, and Earth is constantly changing. back about when the Earth was cooled and life was formed, there was only one continent we know as Pengea. over millions of years each piece of that continent broke apart as the 7 continents we know today. the Ice ages also helped formed and changed each continent. already there are people assuming that its Global Warming because there is a hole in the Ozone layer near the Antarctic area. we should take better care of the environment but we should not go to extremes telling everybody that if we don't take care of the Earth we are doomed. we do have some cleaner technology, but we are far from developing more to the levels we want with them being both clean and very efficient. what some extreme people want is to use clean products that are not very efficient and potential dangerous, like smaller cars.

Answer 3

hmm? Sounds nice in theory.. I do know that I where I live in SaudiArabia, we are in a large company compound, sort of the size of a small US town. They greened out the whole area, trees, landscaping, front lawns, parks, etc. It is a whole lot cooler here then when you drive out into the normal city nearby. I sometimes wonder if all the greenery and trees make it cooler.

Answer 4

The zionists made the desert (unproductive land) bloom, and then the palestinians wanted the land back, (which they had sold earlier). They then tried to take it by force, and got their arses kicked, thats why the palestinians, and through their propaganda machine, most muslims, hate the israelis

Answer 5

hell yes, I live in san diego, it should be brown, but with lots of water its green. some parts of arizona are kept kool by sparying water mist in the air in outdoor patios of homes and restraunts.

Answer 6

Plants can't live on sea water and gas is too expensive.

Answer 7

jeebus maybe you should read a book. you want to change a desert climate? plant trees. millions of tress. voila, job done,

Answer 8

It's possible but why would you do it.