The Naked Scientists
  • Login
  • Register
  • Podcasts
      • The Naked Scientists
      • eLife
      • Naked Genetics
      • Naked Astronomy
      • In short
      • Naked Neuroscience
      • Ask! The Naked Scientists
      • Question of the Week
      • Archive
      • Video
      • SUBSCRIBE to our Podcasts
  • Articles
      • Science News
      • Features
      • Interviews
      • Answers to Science Questions
  • Get Naked
      • Donate
      • Do an Experiment
      • Science Forum
      • Ask a Question
  • About
      • Meet the team
      • Our Sponsors
      • Site Map
      • Contact us

User menu

  • Login
  • Register
  • Home
  • Help
  • Search
  • Tags
  • Recent Topics
  • Login
  • Register
  1. Naked Science Forum
  2. General Science
  3. General Science
  4. Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
« previous next »
  • Print
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?

  • 3 Replies
  • 2298 Views
  • 0 Tags

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline remotemass (OP)

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • 95
  • Activity:
    0%
  • Thanked: 5 times
  • Naked Science Forum Newbie
Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
« 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
Logged
Creator of CubicPostcode | Transforming the way we address geographic locations
 



Offline alancalverd

  • Global Moderator
  • Naked Science Forum GOD!
  • ********
  • 21166
  • Activity:
    63.5%
  • Thanked: 60 times
  • Life is too short for instant coffee
Re: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
« Reply #1 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.
Logged
Helping stem the tide of ignorance
 

Offline Deecart

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • 320
  • Activity:
    0%
  • Thanked: 15 times
  • Naked Science Forum Newbie
Re: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
« Reply #2 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 * 296ba7d1266a91ea6c8dca8791ba101c.gif *  8215c811412e29425321dc8966f83cfe.gif*8215c811412e29425321dc8966f83cfe.gif   b8c460643608d59ace5819d3971b4261.gif

354 60d5aa23bf6ec2eb3fc7e9de22535629.gif b8c460643608d59ace5819d3971b4261.gif

Dividing by 1000 like alancalverd said :

354 a00963babd1f6b85ec3e9973bf1e9bf8.gif eca9f5aad605d6994fa5bb9b65b283f9.gif





« Last Edit: 21/07/2022 01:31:49 by Deecart »
Logged
 

Offline Origin

  • Naked Science Forum King!
  • ******
  • 2248
  • Activity:
    0%
  • Thanked: 210 times
  • Nothing of importance
Re: Is one millimeter of sea really 360 thousand cubic meters of water?
« Reply #3 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.
Logged
 



  • Print
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »
Tags:
 
There was an error while thanking
Thanking...
  • SMF 2.0.15 | SMF © 2017, Simple Machines
    Privacy Policy
    SMFAds for Free Forums
  • Naked Science Forum ©

Page created in 0.491 seconds with 33 queries.

  • Podcasts
  • Articles
  • Get Naked
  • About
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe to newsletter
  • We love feedback

Follow us

cambridge_logo_footer.png

©The Naked Scientists® 2000–2017 | The Naked Scientists® and Naked Science® are registered trademarks created by Dr Chris Smith. Information presented on this website is the opinion of the individual contributors and does not reflect the general views of the administrators, editors, moderators, sponsors, Cambridge University or the public at large.