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More than 150 million people live in coastal cities around the Mediterranean sea, and many of them are under threat from rising sea levels due to climate change. Cities are pouring billions of dollars into dams and mitigation projects to prevent flooding, but there is an idea - an old idea - that could save all of the cities at once. But here’s why damming the Mediterranean is harder than it sounds.
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LINKS LINKS LINKS
apnews.com/article/science-africa-business-egypt-rising-sea-levels-5e9f0525494aa01c312c720e066a4d81
youtube.com/watch?v=XYi5ojIZXto&t=163s
youtube.com/watch?v=xtJ49gXWwA0
https://preview.redd.it/a32j9yfu8zz61.jpg?auto=webp&s=33cf9f721ebf533f0b552d3d71f510f58f412dd2
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/97EO00180
youtu.be/YvT_gqs5ETk?si=PWzr7p55wcNbBox8&t=85
hydroreview.com/business-finance/business/three-gorges-hydro-generated-more-than-103-6-billion-kwh-of-electricity-in-2021/#gref
bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-10-26/drought-from-china-to-us-hits-hydro-dams-slashing-the-top-clean-energy-source
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/electricity-consumption-by-country
https://cnnespanol-cnn-com.translate.goog/2021/05/18/ceuta-espana-marruecos-migrantes-africa-trax/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
medium.com/@themonisingh/worlds-deepest-bridge-a-civil-engineering-marvel-today-in-stem-history-shorts-c9eab0bc0334
lnaturetarifa.com/en/environment-and-activities/strait-of-gibraltar.html
planettuna.com/en/from-the-strait-of-gibraltar-to-greece-the-tuna-trade-in-phoenician-times
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00064/full
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1221602.shtml
iflscience.com/the-extinct-yangtze-river-dolphin-has-reportedly-been-spotted-38410
pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2017/10/the-story-of-atlantic-bluefin
https://atlantipedia.ie/samples/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Herman-Sorgel.jpg
longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2011/04/jf-ptak-science-books-llc-post-691-blog-bookstore-simply-the-thing-i-am-shall-make-me-live-from-jorge-luis-borges-sha.html
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-hitler-1924-1930
theconversation.com/atlantropa-the-colossal-1920s-plan-to-dam-the-mediterranean-and-create-a-supercontinent-47370
youtube.com/watch?v=7gIjqY7cetw
youtube.com/watch?v=MlLRvMs4ouY
whatitcosts.com/panama-canal-cost-build
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#/media/File:Roosevelt_and_the_Canal.JPG
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/7/BAMS-D-19-0145.1.xml
https://www.galangal.travel/portfolios/rice/
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Sea Level Threat
3:11 - The Dam Idea
4:51 - Tangent Cam
6:01 - Cost
7:39 - Why Haven't We Done This?
10:44 - Atlantropa
12:55 - Crazy Enough to Work?
14:48 - NEED
17:15 - Sponsor - Henson Shaving
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More than 150 million people live in coastal cities around the Mediterranean sea, and many of them are under threat from rising sea levels due to climate change. Cities are pouring billions of dollars into dams and mitigation projects to prevent flooding, but there is an idea - an old idea - that could save all of the cities at once. But here’s why damming the Mediterranean is harder than it sounds.
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Patreon: patreon.com/answerswithjoe
Channel Memberships: youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join
T-Shirts & Merch: answerswithjoe.com/store
Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI:
youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew
And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe:
youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA
You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Spotify 👉 spoti.fi/37iPGzF
Apple Podcasts 👉 apple.co/3j94kfq
Google Podcasts 👉 bit.ly/3qZCo1V
Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks:
https://ts.la/joe74700
Follow me at all my places!
Instagram: instagram.com/answerswithjoe
TikTok: tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe
Facebook: facebook.com/answerswithjoe
Twitter: twitter.com/answerswithjoe
LINKS LINKS LINKS
apnews.com/article/science-africa-business-egypt-rising-sea-levels-5e9f0525494aa01c312c720e066a4d81
youtube.com/watch?v=XYi5ojIZXto&t=163s
youtube.com/watch?v=xtJ49gXWwA0
https://preview.redd.it/a32j9yfu8zz61.jpg?auto=webp&s=33cf9f721ebf533f0b552d3d71f510f58f412dd2
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1029/97EO00180
youtu.be/YvT_gqs5ETk?si=PWzr7p55wcNbBox8&t=85
hydroreview.com/business-finance/business/three-gorges-hydro-generated-more-than-103-6-billion-kwh-of-electricity-in-2021/#gref
bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-10-26/drought-from-china-to-us-hits-hydro-dams-slashing-the-top-clean-energy-source
worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/electricity-consumption-by-country
https://cnnespanol-cnn-com.translate.goog/2021/05/18/ceuta-espana-marruecos-migrantes-africa-trax/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
medium.com/@themonisingh/worlds-deepest-bridge-a-civil-engineering-marvel-today-in-stem-history-shorts-c9eab0bc0334
lnaturetarifa.com/en/environment-and-activities/strait-of-gibraltar.html
planettuna.com/en/from-the-strait-of-gibraltar-to-greece-the-tuna-trade-in-phoenician-times
frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00064/full
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202104/1221602.shtml
iflscience.com/the-extinct-yangtze-river-dolphin-has-reportedly-been-spotted-38410
pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/issue-briefs/2017/10/the-story-of-atlantic-bluefin
https://atlantipedia.ie/samples/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Herman-Sorgel.jpg
longstreet.typepad.com/thesciencebookstore/2011/04/jf-ptak-science-books-llc-post-691-blog-bookstore-simply-the-thing-i-am-shall-make-me-live-from-jorge-luis-borges-sha.html
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/adolf-hitler-1924-1930
theconversation.com/atlantropa-the-colossal-1920s-plan-to-dam-the-mediterranean-and-create-a-supercontinent-47370
youtube.com/watch?v=7gIjqY7cetw
youtube.com/watch?v=MlLRvMs4ouY
whatitcosts.com/panama-canal-cost-build
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal#/media/File:Roosevelt_and_the_Canal.JPG
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/101/7/BAMS-D-19-0145.1.xml
https://www.galangal.travel/portfolios/rice/
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Sea Level Threat
3:11 - The Dam Idea
4:51 - Tangent Cam
6:01 - Cost
7:39 - Why Haven't We Done This?
10:44 - Atlantropa
12:55 - Crazy Enough to Work?
14:48 - NEED
17:15 - Sponsor - Henson Shaving
