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Re:Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt ... by zaroth on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:00AM (#36367447)
The sea level rise number sounds about right tho.

~8 trillion tons to raise the level an inch based on the simple math of surface area of a 24,000 mile diameter sphere, times 2/3rds water, as seen here:

https://www.answers.com/earth-science/What_Amount_of_water_r...

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Re:Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt ... by onlyrealcuzzo on Saturday June 17, 2023 @02:08AM (#36367741)
Won't it take no tons to raise an inch if the water gets warmer?
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Re:Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Change the Tilt ... by _a_a_a_ on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:02AM (#36368525)
yes
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