| Warrenss2 | 24 Sep 2009 1:23 p.m. PST |
Some interesting pics of our world (well… mine anyway) under different conditions. "Normal" Earth – please note the absence of the polar opening to Pelucidar.
picture Earth – Last iceage:
picture What if all the ice melts? It ain't Waterworld folks:
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picture And, just for my little buddy, CC… Mars with oceans:
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| Cacique Caribe | 24 Sep 2009 1:40 p.m. PST |
Beautiful pictures! By the way, WE (humans) are not the ones creating Earth's global warming . . . :) TMP link CC
PS. Thanks for the Mars one. Stunning. |
| 28mmMan | 24 Sep 2009 3:16 p.m. PST |
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| altfritz | 24 Sep 2009 3:26 p.m. PST |
How did the Caspian Sea rise in water level? |
| Mardaddy | 24 Sep 2009 4:37 p.m. PST |
You are referring to the "all the ice melts" picture, right? Has mostly to do with the surrounding area being, "low country," and looking at the map – the Caspian and Black Sea's connect via a canal, so the water would be spilling into there as ice melts and the water levels rise. I'm surprised the Great Lakes have no perceptible increase in volume in the map. |
| DAWGIE | 24 Sep 2009 5:02 p.m. PST |
i like this topic much more than the WHAT IF DC WAS NUKED one . DAWGIE |
| coryfromMissoula | 24 Sep 2009 5:14 p.m. PST |
The Great Lakes are a few hundred feet above sea level so it would take a considerable ocean rise to consume even Lake Ontario, much less to overcome Niagra Falls to reach the rest. The Caspian is a different issue. It is below sea level and while it has no out source at current sea levels the rise in sea level would be enough to back flow through some of the river basins of southern Russia. |
| Warrenss2 | 24 Sep 2009 5:18 p.m. PST |
All I know is that it looks like North Augusta, SC in underwater! I need to buy a snorkel, mask, & swim fins. |
| Top Gun Ace | 24 Sep 2009 9:48 p.m. PST |
Cool, I may have beach-front property! |
| Unrepentant Werewolf | 25 Sep 2009 4:24 a.m. PST |
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| Photonred | 25 Sep 2009 5:31 a.m. PST |
That is if you are alive in a thousand years or so. |
| kreoseus2 | 25 Sep 2009 5:50 a.m. PST |
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| flicking wargamer | 25 Sep 2009 5:52 a.m. PST |
Dawgie, me too. It would not mess up my commute as much. |
| brass1 | 25 Sep 2009 6:07 a.m. PST |
Hmmm … either the polar icecaps melt or the New Madrid fault cuts loose or a few more Category 5 storms hit or subsidence and erosion just continue at their present rate while everybody talks and nobody acts … no matter how you cut it, Lousiana ends up as Le Golfe de la Louisiane. One of many reasons I keep a canoe in my back yard. LT |
| MiniatureReview | 25 Sep 2009 6:20 a.m. PST |
I know here in Austin, Texas this whole area was underwater. I have found fossilized clams at the top of some pretty big hills. Sort of wacky to think about that. |
| Martin Rapier | 25 Sep 2009 7:37 a.m. PST |
It looks like Lincolnshire has gone, so that means a slightly shorter drive to the sea then. Shame about Brazil. I'm glad I live on top of a hill. |
| Farstar | 25 Sep 2009 3:14 p.m. PST |
The Great Lakes are a few hundred feet above sea level so it would take a considerable ocean rise to consume even Lake Ontario, much less to overcome Niagra Falls to reach the rest. If the sea level rise followed a lengthy ice age, the Great Lakes would almost certainly change shape quite a bit. Nothing like another few thousand years under Thrym's belt sander to change how the lakes look and connect. |
| Chris PzTp | 26 Sep 2009 6:06 a.m. PST |
"I know here in Austin, Texas this whole area was underwater. I have found fossilized clams at the top of some pretty big hills. Sort of wacky to think about that." I used to find fossilized shells when I was living in Bloomington, IN. |
| GypsyComet | 26 Sep 2009 3:45 p.m. PST |
That's a result of the land rising and washing away since the clams lived and died there. The best current example is the Himalayas, which are rising as fast as they are weathering away, but if you look at the mountains along the US Eastern Seaboard, you see all the rock layers bunched and wrinkled up like a rug the puppy just skidded to a stop on. Same cause, and it can put seashells thousands of feet about our current sea level. |
| Covert Walrus | 26 Sep 2009 4:07 p.m. PST |
Brass1, don't forget the Kiowa Fault: A famous ANALOG story in National Geographic style told the tale of it's collpase in 1966 ( "The Great Nebraska Sea" ). Sadly lacking from being a modern story in one respect – No-one in the story protests about how its somebody's fault ( Pun intended ) and demanding compensation. |
| Warrenss2 | 27 Sep 2009 3:50 a.m. PST |
Sadly lacking from being a modern story in one respect – No-one in the story protests about how its somebody's fault ( Pun intended ) and demanding compensation. GAWD!!! Isn't that the truth!!! They are always trying to find somebody to pin the tail of the donkey on. Someone to point the finger at and say, "It was all their fault." Seems almost in human nature to find & assign blame. Sorry, CW. I guess you pushed a button. I'll step off my soapbox now.  |
looks at a multi-period building.
