The volume of the Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.3*10^9 cubic kilometers...

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The volume of the Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.3*10^9 cubic kilometers...

R.L. — 3/29/2006 9:01:26 AM (archived)

The volume of Earth's groundwater is estimated to be 5-8 million cubic kilometers...

The volume of the ice caps is estimated to be in the tens of millions of cubic kilometers...

The problem with Johannes is he has NO concept of scale, no concept of even simple scientific notation.

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Pentagon tells Bush: Climate change WILL destroy us - Jack Herer - 3/23/2006 6:47:18 PM
- Business Folks DO NOT CARE. Their only concern is THIS Quarter's profits. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2006 1:13:45 AM
- re: Climate change, more info.. - Johannes - 3/24/2006 4:36:52 AM
  - Measured sea-level is rising. - alcaray - 3/24/2006 6:13:10 PM
    - Peazus Cracker! - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:21:51 PM
      - Just occurred to me that I misspoke a bit in that post. - alcaray - 3/28/2006 12:40:27 AM
        
        Rise in sea level - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2006 6:29:03 PM
        
        re: Rise in sea level - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 5:41:55 AM
        
        You do understand that this is an accelerating process? (n/t) - R.L. - 3/30/2006 5:53:51 AM
        
        Wait... Isn't Europe supposed to get colder as a result of global warming? - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 10:19:15 PM
        
        Shhhh... the adults are talking (n/t) - R.L. - 4/2/2006 12:09:34 AM
        
        re: You do understand that this is an accelerating process? - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 7:08:40 AM
        
        PT 2 - R.L. - 3/31/2006 10:17:47 AM
        
        re: PT 2 - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 11:23:43 AM
        
        Temperature - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 12:11:09 AM
        
        re: Temperature - Doug Ellison - 4/1/2006 4:20:53 PM
        
        re: Temperature - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 10:57:47 PM
        
        re: Temperature - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 10:44:31 PM
        
        Yeah, 17 year old articles pertain to this issue? - R.L. - 4/2/2006 12:08:28 AM
        
        17 year old articles - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2006 5:42:50 PM
        
        re: Yeah, 17 year old articles pertain to this issue? - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 12:58:01 AM
        
        OK 3rd attempt at reply... my laptop has problems answers Pt 1 - R.L. - 3/31/2006 9:41:03 AM
        
        re: OK 3rd attempt at reply... my laptop has problems answers Pt 1 - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 9:23:57 AM
        
        Ocean levels aside, there are far more serious consequences from global warming... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:47:17 AM
        
        re: Ocean levels aside, there are far more serious consequences from global warming... - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 4:20:49 AM
        
        Ok, you hack... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:35:36 AM
        
        re: Ok, you hack... - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 5:58:05 AM
        
        Sorry to break it up like that but... - R.L. - 3/31/2006 9:43:17 AM
        
        "Antarctic is getting colder. Or are you disputing this?" Well, most studies do. - alcaray - 3/30/2006 9:25:50 PM
        
        re: "Antarctic is getting colder. Or are you disputing this?" Well, most studies do. - gbaikie - 3/31/2006 4:20:35 AM
        
        I was talking about the contention that it is getting colder in Antarctica - alcaray - 3/31/2006 3:47:26 PM
        
        Oops, link - gbaikie - 3/31/2006 4:28:03 AM
        
        Math.... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 10:11:05 AM
        
        re: Math.... - Laurie Street - 3/29/2006 5:32:02 PM
        
        Touche... - R.L. - 3/30/2006 5:52:04 AM
        
        Indeed it is a daunting task! - alcaray - 3/28/2006 11:43:49 PM
      - Misplaced my post. Sorry. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:23:08 PM
    - re: Measured sea-level is rising. - Johannes - 3/25/2006 6:55:39 PM
      - re: Measured sea-level is rising. - gbaikie - 3/25/2006 11:50:20 PM
        
        Professors from BYRD Polar Research Center have noticed.... - Lindy - 3/26/2006 3:40:15 PM
        
        re: Good info; thank you (n/t) - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:28:02 AM
      - Before you said "rise" now you say "accelleration". - alcaray - 3/25/2006 11:33:11 PM
        
        re: Goalposts - Johannes - 3/26/2006 4:44:44 AM
        
        re: Goalposts - alcaray - 3/26/2006 3:42:57 PM
        
        re: More goalposts - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:24:30 AM
        
        re: More goalposts - gbaikie - 3/27/2006 8:39:08 AM
        
        re: The point; simplified. - Johannes - 3/28/2006 5:20:31 AM
        
        More facts that you will ignore... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 8:50:25 AM
        
        re: The point; simplified. - gbaikie - 3/28/2006 7:56:50 AM
        
        The volume of the Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.3*10^9 cubic kilometers... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 9:01:26 AM
        
        1 cubic kilometer is 1 billion cubic meters.... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 9:13:00 AM
        
        re: I agree with you in that------ - Johannes - 3/30/2006 3:52:31 AM
        
        Bear in mind that liberated molecules do not cease to exist - alcaray - 3/28/2006 6:16:04 PM
    - Did you actually READ that paper? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 8:16:24 PM
      - There were about 10 papers and I read none of them. - alcaray - 3/25/2006 11:30:46 PM
- There's knowing and then there's OFFICIAL knowing. - et - 3/23/2006 7:52:22 PM
- Do you ever notice the date of the stuff you post? - Tony - 3/23/2006 7:44:40 PM

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