I've often thought about this.
I've wondered; if we built a huge trench from the ocean into the Sahara desert, what would the environmental impact be??
I've wondered; if we built a huge trench from the ocean into the Sahara desert, what would the environmental impact be??
How much of it actually would die is obviously depends on factors like how big the replacement lake is and how much it affects the phosphorus, but I'm constantly amazed by how seemly separate systems are actually intimately interconnected.
[1] http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-satellite-reveals-h...