Effect of flooding low places on sea level

MadSci Network: Environment & Ecology

Subject: Effect of flooding low places on sea level

Date: Wed Feb 24 06:15:06 2010
Posted by Ken
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Sheffield State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Environment & Ecology
ID: 1267017306.En

Message:


One way to combat rising sea-levels might be to allow all the low places on the
earths surface; the Dead Sea, Danakil Depression etc, to fill with sea water. 
How much would this lower actual sea levels and could it have a beneficial
effect on local climates.

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