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If you could control the movement of tectonic plates from Pangea to now or just remake it freely like Simcity with the same amount of land, what would be the ideal way to do it? (lemmy.zip)
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I was thinking one band for most of it around the globe but to taper wider at the best climates for farming, leisure, surfing, etc., with other cool islands that would spell out my name or make a cool design to almost prove the existence of God /you by having the all the islands shaped like cats.

In this scenario you are a designer (watch maker) God who then turns into a person that has to live in the world they design

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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The tricky thing with continents is how the ocean currents affect the weather. For example the current flowing north from the equator past the UK keeps them relatively temperate while they have the same latitude as Canada.

The cycle of nutrients in the ocean is also temperature dependent. The cold water on the sea bottom concentrates the nutrients from decaying matter. Currents are needed to spread these nutrients. If cold water was trapped in circumpolar currents, warm waters could become depleted and unable to sustain much sea life.

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