this post was submitted on 19 Jun 2024
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Link to original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/53/

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[–] 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.

[–] 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.

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love it.

Why’s the Netherlands controlling everything again?

[–] Sianna@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

It's the natural state of affairs, duh.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

That's mad delta P, yo

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

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