What would the world be like if the ice melted and the world was covered in water?

Question

Would the human race survive? How? Would we evolve, i.e. grow gills.

I know that this senario is impossible. Even if all the ice melted, a lot of the world would still be dry.

I want to know what life would be life if the Earth was flooded.

Answer 1

some people would adapt and survive, but not the majority. most people live near the oceans and along rivers. there would have to be a complete shift of the population, civil wars, mass starvation,...food could not be produced...the information I've read and heard is that while some areas will be inundated and flooded out by record amounts of precipitation that would ruin production, other areas would be turned to desert, because land areas will lose more moisture because of it's absorption of heat...CO2 levels are the problem.

Answer 2

Earth (IPA: /ˈəː(ɹ)θ/, often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. It is also the largest of its planetary system's terrestrial planets, making it the largest solid body in the solar system, and it is the only place in the universe known to humans to support life. It is also the densest planet in the solar system. The widely accepted scientific theory states that the Earth was formed around 4.57 billion years ago[1] and its natural satellite, the Moon, was orbiting it shortly thereafter, around 4.53 billion years ago.

Since it formed, the Earth has changed through geological and biological processes that have hidden traces of the original conditions. The outer surface is divided into several tectonic plates that gradually migrate across the surface over geologic time spans. The interior of the planet remains active, with a thick layer of convecting yet solid Earth mantle and an iron core that generates a magnetic field. Its atmospheric conditions have been significantly altered by the presence of life forms, which create an ecological balance that modifies the surface conditions. About 71% of the surface is covered in salt-water oceans, and the remainder consists of continents and islands.

There is significant interaction between the Earth and its space environment. The relatively large moon provides ocean tides and has gradually modified the length of the planet's rotation period. A cometary bombardment during the early history of the planet is believed to have played a role in the formation of the oceans. Later, asteroid impacts are understood to have caused significant changes to the surface environment. Changes in the orbit of the planet may also be responsible for the ice ages that have covered significant portions of the surface in glacial sheets.

The Earth's only natural orbiting body is the Moon, although the asteroid Cruithne has been erroneously described as such. Cruithne was discovered in 1986 and follows an elliptical orbit around the Sun at about the same average orbital radius as the Earth. However, from the point of view of the moving Earth, Cruithne follows a horseshoe orbit around the Sun that avoids close proximity with the Earth.

Answer 3

As land would no longer exist, obviously land animals would all but disappear, as would all fresh water life. I imagine that this would also disrupt the new, global salt water ocean. I don't see how more than a very small number of humans would survive in the long run.

Answer 4

I t is impossible to answer to your question with confidence. What is sure, since a lot of people live near the shore, they should migrate . Some people in the Pacific islands or Netherlands in Europe must flee. But it will remain a lot of land not flooded. So, I suppose that there is no necessity to evolve like fish

Answer 5

A voice came to me out of the sky telling me to build a boat.I'm still trying to figure this out.The voice told me to gather two of every animal on earth except humans.The worst part was when the voice said that when the water finally goes away I have to kill mtself.Drag.

Answer 6

Sounds like that movie Waterworld with Kevin Costner!

Answer 7

Of course not...The world would not be covered in water...
The ice has all melted many times before...
Low lying coastal lands & islands would be submerged, again, but it would not cause mankind any serious problems....

Answer 8

Wet. Very very wet. Have you seen the movie Water World?

Answer 9

there would be only boats and pirates. and there would be one good guy who would defeat the pirate bad guys. check out the movie Waterworld for details on how that would go down.

Answer 10

ever seen waterworld? they lived on huge floating cities, and some of them had gills