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Link to original static webpage version: https://what-if.xkcd.com/53/

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Now I'm wondering what the minimum amount of water required to sustain the current levels of life on earth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Love it.

Why’s the Netherlands controlling everything again?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

It's the natural state of affairs, duh.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That's mad delta P, yo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

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