On January 22nd, 2023, a block of ice with an area of about 600 square miles...

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On January 22nd, 2023, a block of ice with an area of about 600 square miles broke off from the Brunt Ice Shelf of Antarctica to become a massive ice berg. Though this event was expected, and is not thought to be a direct result of climate change and current global warming, it illustrates the volumes of Earth's water we have been considering. a. What is the area of the ice block in square kilometers? In acres? b. Assuming that it was beyond the grounding line, but still about half-submerged at the time of calving, what volume of water will be displaced? Use the rule of thumb that an iceberg has about 10% of its mass above the water line. C. If Earth's oceans cover 139 million square miles, what will be the net sea level rise due to this one event, in millimeters? On January 22nd, 2023, a block of ice with an area of about 600 square miles broke off from the Brunt Ice Shelf of Antarctica to become a massive ice berg. Though this event was expected, and is not thought to be a direct result of climate change and current global warming, it illustrates the volumes of Earth's water we have been considering. a. What is the area of the ice block in square kilometers? In acres? b. Assuming that it was beyond the grounding line, but still about half-submerged at the time of calving, what volume of water will be displaced? Use the rule of thumb that an iceberg has about 10% of its mass above the water line. C. If Earth's oceans cover 139 million square miles, what will be the net sea level rise due to this one event, in millimeters?

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