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Definitely drier and more continental overall. The land areas near Northeast Asia would likely be most similar to present-day Europe. Also, I'd guess the Mediterranean would have the most temperate climate, and the harshest climate would probably be in the South Pacific near what is now Easter Island. I could also see some ocean-effect snow belts in the former Hudson Bay.
What happens with rivers, do they become tiny strips of land?
Interesting thought. The map I found doesn't show this to be the case though. However made it also made up their own terrain but has seem to neglected rivers in this world. We will just have to assume rivers do exist and most likely other lakes as well.
If it happened overnight I'd try to the make the 15 km swim to the promising new shores of the Gulf of Finland peninsula and probably fail. So yeah, not really looking forward to it.
Water absorbs massive amounts of solar radiation, and land reflects the heat. Also, with so little water, there would be fewer clouds to reflect heat back into space and to shade the earth from the intense rays of the sun. In other words, it would be hot. Really hot. And dry.
Water absorbs massive amounts of solar radiation, and land reflects the heat. Also, with so little water, there would be fewer clouds to reflect heat back into space and to shade the earth from the intense rays of the sun. In other words, it would be hot. Really hot. And dry.
But land also both gains and loses heat faster than water. It would be very continental, especially the farther from the oceans you are. Very hot summers and very cold winters. Likely larger sub polar areas. Equatorial areas would be the best for very hot and very dry year round. The areas between Africa, Eurasia, and the Middle East probably wouldn't be too bad. Large bodies of water surrounding these areas for year round moderation, although it would probably be very cloudy and wet there. I would opt for a more continental type climate anyway, but not a super severe one. Dryness is a major plus though lol.
Oops forget my last post I reread your post and understood. More bare land means less solar radiation reflection (or being absorbed by water) which means global warming. And with a drier world there would probably be less snow and ice to do the reflecting as well.
I'd live in the middle of the "pacific" near a former island e.g. fiji. Moderation in the form of year-round sea breezes but also very hot and dry 365 days/year, basically a year long Mediterranean summer
I'd live at the top of the Persian Gulf. It looks decently wet and warm with some elevated mountains nearby.
The N-S mountain range in the Pacific at equatorial latitudes would be interesting too.
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I would opt for a more continental type climate anyway, but not a super severe one. Dryness is a major plus though lol.
