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c/xkcd · by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2y

What if you drained the oceans?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpy55EgMQgY

Link to original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/53/

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NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Now I'm wondering what the minimum amount of water required to sustain the current levels of life on earth.

LostXOR@fedia.io · 6 pts · 2y
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DemBoSain@midwest.social · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm kinda interested in what Mars would look like with all that water. Small northern ocean, or small southern continent?

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y

That idea was actually explored in Drain the Oceans: Part II, on the xkcd website. I hope Randall makes a video version of that as well.

brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Love it.

Why’s the Netherlands controlling everything again?

Sianna@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y

It's the natural state of affairs, duh.

Nougat@fedia.io · 4 pts · 2y

That's mad delta P, yo

pineapplelover@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y

Thanks for this post. I totally forgot I bought his What If? book and it's sitting on my shelf.