Posted on 03/31/2021 7:16:35 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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Scaling up You can think about the oceans as a gigantic bathtub. More than 70% of the Earth’s surface is ocean, giving this bathtub an area of about 140 million square miles. To figure out how much the water will rise, we need to know the volume of people sitting in it and divide it by this ocean area.
Currently, there are almost 8 billion people on Earth. Human beings come in all sizes, from tiny babies to large adults. Let’s assume the average size is 5 feet tall – a bit bigger than a child – with an average volume of 10 cubic feet. Only half of each person’s body would be submerged when they sit down, so only 5 cubic feet adds to the water level. With 8 billion people total, you can calculate 5 x 8 billion which gives a whopping 40 billion cubic feet that would be added to the oceans.
But remember, this volume would be spread over the vast area of the oceans. Using the same bathtub math as before, we divide the 40 billion cubic feet of volume over the 140 million square miles of ocean.
The answer? The total rise in sea level would be about 0.00012 of an inch, or less than 1/1000th of an inch. If everyone completely submerged themselves, this would double the answer to 0.00024 inches, which is still only about the width of a human hair.
It turns out the oceans are enormous – and humans are just a drop in the bucket.
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Cows are more like breeze producers.
Horses fart, a lot.
For uh...mom and apple pie.
Especially if you feed them raviolli, according to Seinfeld.
Okay....what if everyone jumped into the ocean and THEN farted?
“Have these people factored in Michael Moore? That fat ass would cause the oceans to rise exponentially all by himself.”
Don’t forget about the methane frothy seafoam...
I have often pondered this question. Seriously.
Sounds racist.
A tempest from a tee-flop!
I remember reading once that the water pressure shifted dramatically at the end of the premiere of the final show of the TV series M*A*S*H, which was proof that most Americans were watching the show, and all did their business simultaneously right after the conclusion.
“If all the above sea level ice on planet earth melted how much would that raise the ocean sea levels?”
About 200 feet.
Eureka!
If all 8 billion farted at once and then lightning struck, it would be the end of the world as we know it (of course that was achieved the minute that many people obeyed the order to jump in).
Popular Mechanics?
this would double the answer to 0.00024 inches, which is still only about the width of a human hair.A human hair is about 0.003 (3/1,000), which is ten times 0.0003 (3/10,000).
That’s a cool projection!
I think most of the ice at south pole is over land. Antarctica land mass is substantial.
“Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn’t happen.” - Steven Wright.
The entire population of the world, standing shoulder to shoulder, front to back, would fit in Jacksonville, Florida.
Now, now. Not all construction workers are dykes.
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