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[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Fun fact: The ecosystems of the Amazon Basin rely on around 27.7 million tons of Saharan Dust each year to replace the phosphorus that is washed away by the rains. Without this constant input the local soils would have been stripped of needed nutrients and would be unable to support the plants that currently thrive there.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Amazon rainforest survived the African Humid Period though, so what's up with that?

[–] Kelly@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It looks like the Amazon region was experiencing less rainfall at the time with a corresponding shift towards drought tolerant species with parts of the region as savannahs !!

https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/2567

With a different rainfall profile the nutrient loss would have been vastly reduced.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Neat, thanks!

[–] maniii@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Also true for the Indian Monsoon.

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Antactica where?

r/mapswithoutnewzealand

[–] ignotum@lemmy.world 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This map only contains the canon countries, not your OCs (original countries)

[–] idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

Map before James Cook DLC

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

c/mapswithoutevenhalfofaustralia

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

And Japan! Or the Korean peninsula! Or most of Alaska! And Siberia!

[–] Draegur@lemm.ee 41 points 4 months ago (1 children)

would be greener on the continents with ice reaching further down because without africa there would be no humans and with no humans there would be no greenhouse emissions and global temperatures would be notably cooler.

[–] alehc -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are looking at the wrong continent to disappear for the effect to be noticeable

https://www.statista.com/statistics/205966/world-carbon-dioxide-emissions-by-region/

[–] sudneo@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think the point was that humans come from Africa (as in, as a species).

[–] alehc 6 points 4 months ago

Oh then yes I agree lol

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago

I refuse to live in a world with no rhythm

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Sea level would be considerably lower, as it would suddenly have a big ass Africa-sized hole to fill.

[–] shasta@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Unless the land didn't simply disappear but redistributed, raising the ocean floor throughout the Atlantic.

[–] DrCake@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

The ultimate solution to sea level rise due to climate change

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Post this to "Maps that are missing New Zealand"

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Better be careful with this. Gonna give conservatives boners.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago
[–] WILSOOON@programming.dev 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"Look Simba, everything the light touches is our kingdom."

blub

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

The Lion King/little mermaid crossover nobody's been asking for

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 8 points 4 months ago

It would be far different if the land mass of Africa had never existed. The whole tectonic movement would have resulted in different arrangements several supercontinents ago, with their own effects on climate and life itself.

But if Africa just blipped off one day, maybe. Then you have to explore what a sudden loss of land would do to the ocean waters rushing in, the change in Earth rotation due to its mass being shifted, lots of other things.

[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago
[–] wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Im cutious how much lower the ocean's water level would be t fill in for the missing land because thats a lot of cubic volume and what impact that might have on further revealing existing land due to the lower water levels

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

🎶 It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you 🎶

🎵 There's nothin' that a hundred men or more could ever do 🎵

🎶 I bless the rains in South America 🎶

[–] Fleur__@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

When the world needed him most, he vanished

[–] TriflingToad@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

this would also affect currents so much

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

In our current global political and racial environment ...... Africa exists?

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

If you showed a bunch of people this map, almost no one would even notice. Only the guy who listens to Die Antwoord would be sad.

[–] Sir_packsalot2@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 4 months ago

Nazis didn't exist