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Progressive dog

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5. I found a best scientific guess as 230 feet.

Reply to Blues Heron (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 4, 2024, 11:30 AM

Jul 2024

Apparently a lot more than .1% of the worlds water is stored in glaciers.
https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-would-sea-level-change-if-all-glaciers-melted
There is still some uncertainty about the full volume of glaciers and ice caps on Earth, but if all of them were to melt, global sea level would rise approximately 70 meters (approximately 230 feet), flooding every coastal city on the planet.

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How do you make salty water drinkable? The hunt for fresh solutions to a briny problem [View all] sl8 Jul 2024 OP

How much do you suppose the melting glaciers will dilute the salt? Progressive dog Jul 2024 #1

Good question. sl8 Jul 2024 #2

Yes, I'm curious about how much study Progressive dog Jul 2024 #3

not much - the ocean is 12,000 feet deep on average, so even a 12 foot rise would only dilute by 1/1000th Blues Heron Jul 2024 #4

I found a best scientific guess as 230 feet. Progressive dog Jul 2024 #5

That would be a dilution factor of 1/50th less salty if it all melted, I could see that being perceptible but barely Blues Heron Jul 2024 #6

There was a recent review in EST on this topic. NNadir Jul 2024 #7