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Comment by zaroth

2 years ago

The sea level rise number sounds about right tho.

~8 trillion tons to raise the level an inch based on the simple math of surface area of a 24,000 mile diameter sphere, times 2/3rds water, as seen here:

https://www.answers.com/earth-science/What_Amount_of_water_r...

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onlyrealcuzzo  2 years ago

Won't it take no tons to raise an inch if the water gets warmer?

  • _a_a_a_  2 years ago

    yes

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