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more about #geohacking TheLostVikings: What they are not telling you that this is just a sly way of hiding their secret volcano supervillain lair in plain sight. Muhahahahahaha! No one wil... more » firstanointed: Why don't they turn that land into something useful instead, like a humongous community produce garden or something? Think of something that gives bac... more » Jeriba: Am I the only one who thinks the ruins of an enormous abandoned airport would be MUCH more fun? #theberg more » NotChoinski: I wonder what the carbon footprint of this project would be. #theberg more » TheGreenRanger: I wanna move out west. Who's with me! #theberg more » Chip Skylark of Space: Wow. This triggers so many responses... 1) Berlin was built on a marsh. Nice soft ground; it's been filled in for 750 years now, but a swamp is sti... more » emweb: Won't it attract those Dead Snow SS zombies from Norway? #theberg more » burlybax: Then this is gonna happen more » DraconisXC: I'm willing to support this if the local government can assure the people that they will limit the amount of yodeling that goes on. I mean, you put u... more » CSX321: Okay, so the unasked question... We have man-made mountains? What's the world's largest man-made mountain now? #theberg more » Bill-Lee: Ooooh ooooh oooh...This gives me a great idea for the empty lot that was the former site of Mervyn's department store in San Lorenzo, CA. Oh...no, wai... more » Daveinva: "Piker." -- Albert Speer #theberg more » goldfarb: I love mountains, but this is just stupid. the environmental impact will be huge, the loss of usable space, changes to the weather, the giant shadow,... more » strideo: Has this "increasingly vocal group" been very vocal about who would pay for such an enormous project? #theberg more » Anekanta - Go Play!: That just seems silly. Expensive, very difficult to pull off, environmentally questionable, and silly. But I guess if you can't make Berlin go to th... more » ManchuCandidate: Give the guy credit for whimsy, but the no-fun engineer in me asks: 1) who is going to pay for it? 2) where is Berlin going to get the millions upon m... more » Pessimippöpötåmus: Fun trivia about the Tempelhof Airport: It was the site of the Nazi rally in the Last Crusade in which Indiana Jones meets Hitler. #theberg more » Pessimippöpötåmus: It's all fine and dandy until one really rainy day. Seriously, having such a large geological feature installed will change the local climate and the... more » Jeremy Tapsell: thats a really cool idea! Photo #4 is amazing! #theberg more » Anekanta - Go Play!: This is why we can't have nice things. #science more » -
#geohacking
Largest Man-Made Mountain Could Rise Above Berlin's Skyline
Berlin's Tempelhof Airport closed its operations last year, leaving a vast swath of land currently unused. An increasingly vocal group wants to replace the airport with the world's largest man-made mountain, adding snowy peaks to the now-flat city. More » -
#climatehacking
Moscow Mayor's Climate-Hacking Plot: a Winter Without Snow
It sounds like a supervillainous plot, but Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov has vowed that Moscow will see no snow this winter. Luzkhov is pushing through a plan to ensure that the city's trademark blizzards land in someone else's backyard.
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#madscience
Geohackers Want to Transform the Sahara into a Forest
A group of scientists have a radical idea for combating climate change: terraforming the Sahara Desert and replacing it with a lush forest. But will its carbon capturing potential outweigh the negative ecological consequences? More » -
#warmtheories
Could Overpopulation Save The Earth From Global Warming?
A team of scientists at Cal-Tech think they might have found a way to save the planet from global warming: breed faster. The more of us there are, the more nitrogen we take out of the atmosphere, cooling the planet. More »
