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DIP is about “cut” part of the broken icebergs
drifting near polar circles and “paste” them into chosen
places in the desert areas, where the water is used for intensive greening.
The prerequisites are: The icebergs As a result
of global warming there are more calving icebergs – drifting freely in the
ocean. These icebergs decrease the white area that reflects the sunlight
back, thus allowing the sun to heat the Earth more than average (in certain
period of time), which leads to chain reaction – more melted and broken
icebergs, more heat, etc. Second damage is the fact that when the icebergs
break off from the glacier they contribute to ocean level raising. This
tendency threatens a lot of countries, such as Bangladesh, Netherlands,
Japan, England and many other low, coastal lands, meaning possibility of
massive immigration wave. Third damage is that melted icebergs change the
saltiness of the ocean water – thus disrupting ocean’s natural streams – a
complicated process ruled by the saltiness and temperatures in different
layers. Eventual distortion of the currents could baffle the spread of the warmth and to
bring global
freezing, which could be fatal for many species as well as people. Ocean’s
surface is a natural habitat for many microorganisms (part of the food
chain), that live through photosynthesis / absorbing CO2. A drastic change in their environment (temperature, saltiness,
acidity, etc.) could disrupt their behavior, thus worsening the entire circle. There are
more than 720 oil platforms in Atlantic Ocean, only. Not to mention the
increasing shipping traffic all over the world. Collision with an iceberg
still remains a threat. To prevent this today Coastal Guards use radar and
visual surveillance, satellite photos, radio buoys, etc. Recent news from southern hemisphere – in
Dec.2006 few broken icebergs were observed very near to the New Zealand coastline. The nature is
actually "helping" us, by cutting the transport expenses - the main
drawback in DIP. Instead of watching them as a tourist attraction, we could
use these vast amounts of fresh water, especially when they are so close to a
place in need. Given that Australia suffers severe drought, water shortage
and forest fires, this is really a "hint" by the nature how we can
deliver fresh water comparatively cheap to a place where the water is very
scarce, and use it not just for consumption, but also for starting massive
greening operation. More… The deserts
There are
deserts on every continent. They cover more than a third of the land on
Earth. In Australia alone they cover around 70%. Deserts are expanding all
the time, even right now; while you’re reading this, they take
new territories. Sandstorms
as well as the advancing sand dunes destroy life – they kill the plants,
respectively – the cattle, respectively – the farming, and so on – thus
making human presence there very hard to survival = immigration wave. Satellite scanning and historical traces show that many years ago Sahara was fruitful, green savanna. |
