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Comment by AngryData

21 hours ago

Italy is surrounded by water, do you think the Mediterranean Sea is going to just dry out?

the Mediterranean has dried up several times in history and it will dry up again, as the African continent collides with Europe. Currently, water flows in at Gibraltar with a very strong current to try to keep up with evaporation, making the Mediterranean saltier and saltier (than the Atlantic) over time. When the strait closes because Africa and Spain push together, the Meditteranean will very quickly dry up.

  • > When the strait closes because Africa and Spain push together

    So really no danger of the Med drying up over the lifetime of a nuclear power station, conservatively 100 years.