Comment on Antarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists find
WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 8 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.
tallwookie@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Gt being 1/1000th of a Tn? or is Tn the small one?
WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 8 months ago
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.
tallwookie@lemm.ee 8 months ago
my math must be really off then. (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000 * 7.5 = 2713mm = 106.83 inches = 8.9 feet. and the global ocean hasnt risen that much.
WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 8 months ago
( (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000) * 7.5 = 20.73