Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to globalnews@lemmy.zip
https://www.commondreams.org/news/glaciers-melting
A study in Nature reveals glaciers lost 273 billion metric tons of ice annually since 2000, impacting freshwater resources and sea-level rise.
Archived version: archive.is/newest/https://…/glaciers-melting
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I’ve never seen an Olympic swimming pool. And even if I had, I wouldn’t have a sense for its volume unless it was empty. Preferred units for water volumes are million acre feet or cubic kilometers annually. Or cubic feet per second or cubic meters per second. Or if you really want to relate to the layperson, I also accept cubic kegs per fortnight.
How many washer machines is it?
Aye! Standard front loading washer loads per week would be another good one.
Can we get a banana for scale?
May I please get that in football fields?
Ask LLM, I heard it likes to math.
For you and @Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca, from llama3.2:
So, approximately 8,144,000 football fields would weigh around 273 billion metric tons.
And the rate is accelerating…
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 1 day ago
How much is that in vodka shots?