Ice Cap melting would be BAD? deserts on the rise... GOOD.

And salinate the aquifers in the process polluting drinking water relied upon by the inhabitants? Wonderful.

Most land is above sea level, wouldn't it just run back in?

Camels might get the hump...too full of water.

Most would evaporate making the land more salty than seawater. Some would percolate into the ground and find it's way into underground water sources rendering them undrinkable.

The water which evaporates would eventually find it's way back into the sea as rain.

discrimination there mr foinavon? all the rain would fall back into the sea?
none on the land?

fish pools inland, salt water vegetable varieties.

deserts not populated areas.

Even that which falls on the land eventually finds its way back into the sea. Some takes longer than others especially snowfall in Antarctica.

deserts not populated areas.

Tell that to the native Australians, the inhabitants of Mali and the nomadic tribes of the Sahara and other deserts.
The only uninhabited desert on earth is the Antarctic.

I think they would be unwise to fill the deserts full of water until they have recorded the first landing of man on Mars.

the deserts are gaining ground... lets do nothing then.

need to cut emissions of greenhouse gases and reduce world population before nature does it for us.
Mission impossible perhaps?

cause there's a lot of people in the desert regions?

TEd talk (BS) on youtube says that the deserts are caused by the withdrawal of animals from the land. Their trampling of old grasses helps fertilize the land.

the previous theory was that the animals were damaging the land.
seems it''s all symbiotic.

It's usually caused by over exploitation and a lack of rainfall. The Sahara was once savanna but the climate changed making the region drier. The Oklahoma dustbowl was caused by intensively farming a fragile environment with low rainfall. It was fine when there were just hunter gatherers before the settlers arrived.

cause there's a lot of people in the desert regions?

About 4 million, mostly nomads live in the Sahara. Do you want to destroy their water resources?
Don't know how many native Australians live in the bush you could probably look it up if you are interested.

If man discovers a planet that man can live on would it be wise to leave the religous ones behind?

usually having water would be a good thing when intense heat is
killing you and nothing is growing and you are starving. but you've
made me rethink that.
more dustbowls are needed?

At least if the ice caps melt that boat you been building in your back garden might come in handy, and hey, you could tell everyone you were told to do it, anyone thought of that one yet?

no boat - that was then, this is now. We will be caught up in the air.
get with the book, man, your stuck in the past.

A lot of land where people live would be flooded, particularly in Indian sub continent, if Ice caps melt.

Also land used for growing food would be flooded. If the Sahara desert was under water, we would not be much better off than

we are now?

The question is, are Ice Caps melting because of what we humans are doing..
or is it just something that would happen anyway.

The Earth's temperature has varied through time.

water or sand? let me think?

instead of dry areas people in boats fishing for food?

if you know where land is unusable? isn't it worth doing.

If it was oil, they'd be lining up to get there.

Silly me.
We are going to be caught up in the air

yeah - i used to be an atheist - sure sounds silly. But you get wiser as you age. unless you eat lead.