The Bizarre Plan to Drain the Mediterranean: Atlantropa
Herman Sörgel wanted to create the largest civil engineering project the world has ever seen: a colossal dam across the Strait of Gibraltar, lowering the Mediterranean sea. There were, of course, a few problems with this. VFX by David 'Hoolopee' Post ( / hoolopee ) Camera by Paul Curry (@cr3) 🟥 MORE FROM TOM: https://www.tomscott.com/ (you can find contact details and social links there too) 📰 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER with good stuff from the rest of the internet: https://www.tomscott.com/newsletter/ ❓ LATERAL, free weekly podcast: https://lateralcast.com/ / lateralcast ➕ TOM SCOTT PLUS: / tomscottplus 👥 THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: / techdif
▶︎
Atlantropa: The Insane Plan To Dam The Mediterranean
▶︎
The Accidental Rush for Anthrax Island
▶︎
Gibraltar's Entire History in 24 Minutes (500BCE-1945)
▶︎
Atlantopia: The Insane Plan to Drain the Mediterranean
▶︎
Why Britain Sucks At Product Placement
▶︎
How America Made The World Cup Unaffordable
▶︎
Why trains don't usually crash into each other
▶︎
Why you can't buy Dasani water in Britain
▶︎
Europe Is Actually Five Different Groups of Countries
▶︎
Why German Engineers Couldn't Explain How Britain Built A Bomb That Bounced On Water
▶︎
Ukraine's drone war is isolating Crimea
▶︎
I thought this rotating house was impossible.
▶︎
The World Is Slowly Running Out Of Sand
▶︎
Why America Keeps Making Nickels at a Loss
▶︎
Europe's €420M Bridge That China Built — And Then Cracked
▶︎
Norway is Building The World's Deepest Mega-Tunnel
▶︎
The Collapsed Dam That Stopped Los Angeles
▶︎
My robot double sells out (so I don't have to)
▶︎
The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
▶︎