Atlantropa: The wild megaproject that wanted to drain the Mediterranean Dive into the jaw-dropping Atlantropa project, a bold plan to dam and drain the Mediterranean Sea to create new land and ...

There is a very checkered history of previous attempts at deliberate climate control beyond very small local scales. More research into climate intervention technologies cannot resolve the cultural, ...

Herman Sörgel, a German architect, formulated one of history's most ambitious plans: to drain the ocean. This project, known as Atlantropa, would have represented the largest megaproject ever ...

Despite being just 8.9 miles from each other at the shortest point, Africa and Europe do not link because of one massive thing in the way - the Mediterranean Sea. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT ...

What would happen if humans dried out the Mediterranean sea, turning it into a giant salt lake? Would its wildlife survive, and if so, how long would it take to recover? Map of Herman Sörgel’s ...

What would happen if humans dried out the Mediterranean sea, turning it into a giant salt lake? Would its wildlife survive, and if so, how long would it take to recover? Map of Herman Sörgel’s ...

These may seem like wildly theoretical questions, but not for Herman Sörgel, a Bavarian architect who dedicated much of his life to this exact project: building a giant dam across the Strait of ...

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