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What if you drained the oceans? (www.youtube.com)
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[โ€“] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] LostXOR@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

I think that would be the current amount of water. Any water loss (or water gain for that matter) is going to cause massive problems worldwide.