Comments by "NONANTI" (@NONANTI) on "Sunken Treasures (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans" video.

  1. I'm only a novice hydrologist, but will weigh in. I researched this when QE2 hit Red Rock 1 and it's very counterintuitive. One would think passing over a shallow would cause a ship to rise. However, lower pressure caused by water moving faster under the ship creates "squat effect" (think airplane wing lift or your car being pulled toward an 18 wheeler when you pass it). This creates a valley around the ship, increasing it's draft. Ships actually use this principle to go under low clearance bridges.
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  2. That's why they only drain a small area at a time, but doesn't it still cause a rise in sea level somewhere else? It would be much better for people in low lying areas if they could use electrolysis or magnets to separate the hydrogen and oxygen, then the gas would just float up in the sky.
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  3. They will still have to dig in the dunes but draining the ocean first is def the way to go. I just worry about how it is affecting sea level rise.
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