if pumping water would not be the issue, is there an obvious reason not to pump a lot of ocean water to salt plains (that used to be lakes/seas) or other zero/low risk areas to lower sea levels?

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if pumping water would not be the issue, is there an obvious reason not to pump a lot of ocean water to salt plains (that used to be lakes/seas) or other zero/low risk areas to lower sea levels?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

I have often thought…..why not just freeze the salt water and sit it on top of existing glaciers? But….that would take a lot of effort and I am not sure if there’s enough room or how impactful that would be.

And I was wondering if adding that much excess weight at the poles might throw off earth’s axis a bit?? I’m not sure but maybe. (If it were truly enough ice to impact sea level world wide that would be some really really heavy ice)