ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down122
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhy don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?ABCDE@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareSaraphim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·11 months agoHave you ever heard the phrase “salt the earth”? That’s the fastest way to kill everything in the soil and make sure nothing grows for a very very long time.
minus-squareindetermin8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s not a very very long time. Rain will wash it away. However in a desert, you’re right.
Have you ever heard the phrase “salt the earth”? That’s the fastest way to kill everything in the soil and make sure nothing grows for a very very long time.
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It’s not a very very long time. Rain will wash it away. However in a desert, you’re right.