The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30m tonnes of ice an hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.
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Nothing to see here folks, don’t worry about those polar ice caps, it snowed a little bit today, they should be fine.
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I had a silly math problem in my head, so I thought I’d let you know:
- 30m tonnes ice = 30,000,000 m³ water
- Earth’s surface = 510,000,000 km²
- Ocean’s surface approx 2/3, so 340,000,000 km²
That’s 0.088m² or 88 Liters fresh water / km² / hour, which adds 88nm to the sea level each hour, or 0.77mm each year.
I think, feel free to check :)
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And thats just from greenlands melted ice. The is a lot more melting ice in the world.
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Seems like a brilliant time to make a business creating an international demand for glacier ice. What could go wrong?
