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Vercengetorix: [Fark user image 240x210]
Nothing is too obscure on Fark.
One goddamned minute. A solitary comment in the thread and I missed making this reference by one minute.
*shakes enormous ears*
Well played, sir.
/that's ACTING Grand Nagus
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/01/24/antarctica-brunt-ice-shelf-calving/
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/And four Foxy Lady's rumps in thickness
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tommyl66: That's approximately 0.5 Rhode Islands in area, before anybody asks.
/And four Foxy Lady's rumps in thickness
Is that a lot? 600 miles across, really thick... Ok, but is that large on a global scale? I'm honestly curious.
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tommyl66: That's approximately 0.5 Rhode Islands in area, before anybody asks.
/And four Foxy Lady's rumps in thickness
mmmmmmm. I do love a scenic backyard.
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Markus5: They name icebergs now?
They name storms, so why not big chunks of ice.
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bibliophile42: How long before a libertarian claims it as their own country?
If only they'd all move there.
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baron von doodle: tommyl66: That's approximately 0.5 Rhode Islands in area, before anybody asks.
/And four Foxy Lady's rumps in thickness
Is that a lot? 600 miles across, really thick... Ok, but is that large on a global scale? I'm honestly curious.
600 square miles and 500 feet thick is 237 cubic kilometers of ice. It would take 361 km3 to raise sea level by 1 millimeter, so this is about 2/3 of a mm of sea level rise. By comparison, Antarctic sea level rise has averaged about 0.4 mm/year over the past few decades (faster more recently). On that scale, this one iceberg calving event seems quite significant. But it's also possible I screwed up the math.
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Ambitwistor: baron von doodle: tommyl66: That's approximately 0.5 Rhode Islands in area, before anybody asks.
/And four Foxy Lady's rumps in thickness
Is that a lot? 600 miles across, really thick... Ok, but is that large on a global scale? I'm honestly curious.
600 square miles and 500 feet thick is 237 cubic kilometers of ice. It would take 361 km3 to raise sea level by 1 millimeter, so this is about 2/3 of a mm of sea level rise. By comparison, Antarctic sea level rise has averaged about 0.4 mm/year over the past few decades (faster more recently). On that scale, this one iceberg calving event seems quite significant. But it's also possible I screwed up the math.
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That ice cube ain't gonna fit in my glass, just sayin'.
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Ambitwistor: baron von doodle: tommyl66: That's approximately 0.5 Rhode Islands in area, before anybody asks.
/And four Foxy Lady's rumps in thickness
Is that a lot? 600 miles across, really thick... Ok, but is that large on a global scale? I'm honestly curious.
600 square miles and 500 feet thick is 237 cubic kilometers of ice. It would take 361 km3 to raise sea level by 1 millimeter, so this is about 2/3 of a mm of sea level rise. By comparison, Antarctic sea level rise has averaged about 0.4 mm/year over the past few decades (faster more recently). On that scale, this one iceberg calving event seems quite significant. But it's also possible I screwed up the math.
Since ice is less dense than water the volume of the ice berg is slightly higher than the liquid water that it contains.
That means the melting of this floating block of ice will slightly lower the sea level, but not enough to measure.
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zeaper12: Since ice is less dense than water the volume of the ice berg is slightly higher than the liquid water that it contains.
That means the melting of this floating block of ice will slightly lower the sea level, but not enough to measure.
No. The sea level will remain the same in the case of the melting of a floating iceberg.
https://smithplanet.com/stuff/iceandwater.htm
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