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Title: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
Post by: remotemass on 20/07/2022 17:29:10

Displace one millimeter (lower) of water from the ocean at sea level.
Is that 360 thousand cubic meters?

I was not expecting this number. Can someone please double check it for me please?

- remotemass

Title: Re: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
Post by: alancalverd on 20/07/2022 17:54:17

Take 75% of the earth's surface area (look it up!) in square meters and divide by 1000.

Title: Re: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
Post by: Deecart on 21/07/2022 01:26:11

Look very few...
So i checked.

The surface of sea is around 354 millions of km2, so 354 * *  *   

354

Dividing by 1000 like alancalverd said :

354

Title: Re: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
Post by: Origin on 21/07/2022 15:38:30

Quote from: remotemass on 20/07/2022 17:29:10

Is that 360 thousand cubic meters?
I was not expecting this number. Can someone please double check it for me please?

So just to be clear your number is wrong and the correct answer is about 360 billion cubic meters.