Comment on Antarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists find

• WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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  • tallwookie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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    • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      ( (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000) * 7.5 = 20.73

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