What if global warming caused frozen gates leading to underground caverns to open up, draining the ocean? A clever conceit, proposing the opposite of expected results; however, sometimes science has to anticipate the unexpected possibilities as well.
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Monday, November 4, 2013
"The Drained World" by Ian Watson
First appeared in Nature. This summary spoils the conceits.
Labels:
climate change,
Ian Watson,
Nature magazine,
nature of science
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