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What would happen if all boats were removed from the ocean?
At that rate (normalized for seasonal variation and short-term fluctations), if you removed every ship from the ocean, the water would be back up to its original average level in 16 hours. Sea levels will likely rise a few feet by the year 2100.
How much would the sea level rise if everyone on Earth sat in the ocean?
The answer? The total rise in sea level would be about 0.00012 of an inch, or less than 1/1000th of an inch. If everyone completely submerged themselves, this would double the answer to 0.00024 inches, which is still only about the width of a human hair.
How much would the sea level fall if every ship were removed all at once from the earth’s waters?
How much would the sea level fall if every ship were removed all at once from the Earth’s waters? The answer: About six microns—slightly more than the diameter of a strand of spider silk.
What is happening to the sea level?
Willis said, “We thought that sea level changes were simply the ocean heating up and expanding or cooling and shrinking.” As global temperatures have increased, the oceans have expanded, ice has melted, and sea levels have crept upward.
Why did sea level drop 2 millimeters in 2010?
The dramatic drop during 2010 had not only negated the average annual 3.2 millimeter rise, but dropped sea level an additional two millimeters. To see if sudden cooling was to blame, the researchers turned to temperature data, which proved trickier to obtain. Willis said, “With satellites we can only see the temperature of the ocean surface.
What happens to water that is no longer in the ocean?
If the water was no longer in the ocean, then it must have ended up somewhere on land. It was not feasible for researchers to inspect every drainage basin, or examine water volume for every river across the globe. But they could try to find changes in weight around Earth.
How has the sea changed over the years?
When you visit the beach, waves roll in and recede and the tides rise and fall. These are small daily changes that balance out over time. But over the past century, the average height of the sea has risen more consistently—less than a centimeter every year, but those small additions add up.