I'm wondering because scientist are saying that the ocean is rising by 2 milimeters a year, and I am doing a project on a related topic. I've looked online, but have yet to find the amount of gallons found in one millimeter of the water in the entire ocean. That's one millimeter of the entire surface of the ocean.
2006-12-06 08:17:09 · 9 answers · asked by Stephanie L 1 in Environment
Approx. area of the World's oceans: 361 million km^2, so here we go!
361E6 sq. km x (10E6 sq. m/sq. km)(10E6 sq. mm/sq. m)(2mm depth)(1 cubic cm/1000 cubic mm)(1 L/1000 cubic cm)(1 gal/3.78 L) = 1.9E14 gallons in 2mm of ocean rise, or,
190 trillion gallons. 1mm of ocean = 95.5 trillion gallons.
That's a lot!
2006-12-06 08:51:06 · answer #1 · answered by wcholberg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a tough question to answer with anything more than an approximation, so here goes:
The surface area off the world's oceans is approximately 361 million square kilometers.
One milimeter volume of that would be 361 cubic Kilometers.
Converted to US Gallons, that is roughly
95,366,110,498,202.6 gallons. Just over 95 trillion gallons in 1 milimeter of the ocean
2006-12-06 08:34:13 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You'll need to find the surface area of the ocean in metric units (Km2) change to millimeters and change again to standard units (gallons)
I'm sure there is some complications in changing the surface area which is a 2 dimensional value to millimeters which is a 3 dimensional value but since you are just measuring down 1millimeter from the surface and need a 3 dimensional value anyways it shouldn't make your answer wrong.
2006-12-06 08:23:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi.The Earth is 3/4 covered by ocean. You could get a good estimate by solving for the volume of a sphere with a radius of 4,000 miles and subtracting the volume of a sphere 1 millimeter less, then multiplying by .75 (3/4). It would be easier to calculate liters then convert.
2006-12-06 08:21:06 · answer #4 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would have to know the dept of the water and that is impossible because everywhere it is a different height not just because of water level but because of the ocean landscape. If you are just talking about the surface water in one millimeter, none.
2006-12-06 08:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can find out the surface area of the earth's oceans (I'm sure it's out there somewhere), you can multiply it by 2mm and get a volume.
2006-12-06 08:20:21 · answer #6 · answered by fletchermse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends if you are talking about the top or bottom millimeter.--
2006-12-06 08:24:44 · answer #7 · answered by rsdudm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot
2006-12-06 08:18:49 · answer #8 · answered by Glen Quagmire 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good ?
2006-12-06 10:52:49 · answer #9 · answered by lucky77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋