Activity for GoingFTL‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	If the Black Sea was disconnected from the Mediterranean, how long would it take to become freshwater? The Black Sea is a brackish body of water, that used to be separate from the Mediterranean. Further back, it was likely part of the Mediterranean before the last ice age. How long would it, or for a body of water similar to it, take to turn from brackish/saltwater to freshwater? (more)	—	almost 6 years ago
Question	—	How would this horrible climate be possibly? I'm wondering if a pine forest with near-constant rain and thunder could be possible. I was thinking that possibly something like this could be created by high mountains next to this place, lightning-wise, or somewhere on a tidally locked planet, but I don't know a lot about this topic. What geograph... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Tree bark on tidally locked planets I saw this video, and I'm curious what color bark would be if the sun was in one position constantly. The video explains that birch trees are white because of stuff in their bark. The reason is because the sun where birches are usually is only in one direction, but makes a small arc in the sky. The ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What would the color of flora on a Rogue Planet be? Question in the title. A Rogue planet is a sunless world that exists in interstellar space. It might be possible for life to develop on one, but what happens when that happens? I've seen people say that plants could not develop on these worlds. But there's the theory of Thermosynthesis, which is alm... (more)	—	over 6 years ago