Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoAntarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists findwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down13cross-posted to: climate@lemmy.stad.socialnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkAntarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists findwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Earth, Environment, and Geosciences@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@lemmy.stad.socialnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareWalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year ago( (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000) * 7.5 = 20.73mm. Which is about double what the actual paper says, so there’s probably some weird metric vs imperial issues.
( (1/361.8 mm of sea-level rise per Gt of ice loss) * 1000) * 7.5 = 20.73mm. Which is about double what the actual paper says, so there’s probably some weird metric vs imperial issues.