Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoAntarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists findwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down13cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkAntarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists findwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squaresik0fewl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoIt’s more than 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoAbout a centimeter (spread out across the oceans). “1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss” is the assumption they use for that.
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minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoTera = 1000 gigas. Idk if they are doing a switch between metric and imperial tons as well but that difference is less than the margins of error anyways.
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minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months ago( (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000) * 7.5 = 20.73mm
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It’s more than 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
About a centimeter (spread out across the oceans).
“1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss” is the assumption they use for that.
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Tera = 1000 gigas. Idk if they are doing a switch between metric and imperial tons as well but that difference is less than the margins of error anyways.
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( (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000) * 7.5 = 20.73mm