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To: SunkenCiv

If the world’s population was dumped into the middle of the ocean at once, would there be enough displacement to cause a notable rise in the sea level?


29 posted on 05/15/2012 10:12:41 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: GSWarrior
If the world’s population was dumped into the middle of the ocean at once, would there be enough displacement to cause a notable rise in the sea level?


No, because you could take the entire population of the world and if they all stood side by side and in a tight ball where all their arms are locked together, they would fit in the city limits of Jacksonville Florida.

So you may get a splash, and some high waves along the shorelines but not much more.
30 posted on 05/15/2012 11:55:08 AM PDT by OneVike (I'm just a Christian waiting to go home)
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Depends how much beer they had before being dumped there.


34 posted on 05/15/2012 3:13:49 PM PDT by Ironfocus (Unseat the Looter-in-Chief)
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