2006-06-07 02:31:37 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
let us consider this mathematically by an estimate.
For this you make a GUESS at some of the figures.
Taking the area of the seas to be 12000 kilometres by 5000 kilometres (probably an underestimate) and an average depth of 2, gives a total volume of the seas as 120 Million cubic kilometres. this is a fairly conservative estimate so help show up any possible results.
let us estimate the nuber of ships at 10 million, each with an average length of 20 m, breadth of 5m and depth of displacement of 2m This gives (in Km cubed) 10,000,000* 0.02*0.005*0.002= 2km cubed
Therfire to get the displacment,
12000*5000* displacenet=2
Therfore the level the seas would drop= 2/12000*5000
=2/60000000
=0.00000003 km
= 0.0003m
=0.03cm
=0.3mm
So i don't think on this rough 'guestimate we would see anything!!!
2006-06-07 03:21:09 · answer #1 · answered by sardanmb 2 · 70⤊ 13⤋
This problem was researched recently in a question and answer feature in one of the UK national newspapers. The answer is that the volume of the sea is so great that even if all ships were removed, including all wrecks, the removal of them would cause an insignificant drop in the level of the sea - as a previous correspondent says, fractions of a millimetre. two or three inches??? You'd have to remove the entire African continent to make anything like that much difference...
2006-06-07 03:10:29 · answer #2 · answered by eriverpipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoreticaly, yes. The water that is being displaced would return to it's original level, however the change would be so insignificant, I doubt it could be measured, given the natural movement of the tides and currents.
2006-06-07 02:35:01 · answer #3 · answered by mrkymrk64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
omg..damn..like this must be the answer to how to reduce the sea level in case it rises because of global warming..no for real..it would lower..but make a computation..how much is the volume of water..and how much volume does all ships have
2006-06-08 10:12:33 · answer #4 · answered by Cipi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically confident, with the aid of disaplacement of water and the common decreasing in temperature. almost, no, with the aid of immeasurably small distinction, and additionally with the aid of fact the quantity could be smaller than ameliorations with the aid of wind, rain, tides and so on. additionally, it would take an fairly long term for this style of effect to even out.
2016-10-30 08:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but not measurably.
The water would have to fill the areas where ships & boat hulls are displacing it now.
2006-06-07 02:34:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sounds like a good project for the science fair.
2006-06-07 02:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by desiderio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah, maybe 2 or 3 inches, 4 at max
2006-06-07 02:38:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its like saying does a dragon fly on a lily pond make a difference.its just to minute of an amount.
2006-06-07 04:14:14 · answer #9 · answered by confucius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, but only a bit. If they remove the sunken ships, it would be a lot more.
2006-06-07 02:34:22 · answer #10 · answered by sk8er_radu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it probably would but there would not be a lot of difference, nothing noticeable anyway
2006-06-12 10:15:15 · answer #11 · answered by i'm_a_goodie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋