Homework SourseThe Greenland ice sheet contains about 3 million cubic kilom
The Greenland ice sheet contains about 3 million cubic kilometers of ice. If completely melted, this ice would release about 2.2 million cubic kilometers of water, which would spread out over the earths approximate 342 million square kilometers of oven surface. How much would the sea level rise?
The Greenland ice sheet contains about 3 million cubic kilometers of ice. If completely melted, this ice would release about 2.2 million cubic kilometers of water, which would spread out over the earths approximate 342 million square kilometers of oven surface. How much would the sea level rise?
Solution
the rise in sea level ould have the units of length that is meters . we are given that the volume of ice sheet is 3 million cubic kilometers and hen it completely melts the ice releases = 2.2 million cubic kilometers of ater .
SO the volume has the units of length^3
and this volume of water spreads over 342 million square kilometers of surface area.
the area has units of length^2
Dividing the volume by the area would give us the length or the rise in the sea level :
=> 2.2/342 = 0.0064 km = 6.4 meters (approximately)
Hence the sea level would rise by 6.4 m
