Comment on Why don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?

ma11en@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  While that’s true, a large saltwater deposit somewhere arid would allow for water to evaporate into the air and create humidity and increase the probability of rain occurring in that area regularly.

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  • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If by “large Saltwater deposit” you mean “an ocean” then maybe. Pumped sea water? No.

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• nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is rain, too, not salty?

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  • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Compared to a river, yes. Compared to the ocean, no.

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  • poppy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Rainwater typically has a TDS of 20 mg/L or less. Fresh water from lakes, rivers, and groundwater is more variable, with TDS ranging from 20 mg/L to approximately 1,000 mg/L. Brackish water is, by definition, water with TDS exceeding 1,000 mg/L and ranging as high as that of seawater, at approximately 35,000 mg/L.

    watereuse.org/salinity-management/ls/ls_3d.html

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