Heretical_i on Nostr: "#Water covers most of the planet's surface — about 70%. However, these #oceans are ...
"#Water covers most of the planet's surface — about 70%. However, these #oceans are shallow compared to the planet itself. And only 0.5% of the Earth's water is available #freshwater.
This image shows what it would look like if all of the water on the surface of the Earth was bunched into a ball. The radius of this ball would only about 700km, less than half the radius of our Moon.
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/how-much-water-there-earth Illustration: Jack Cook, Adam Nieman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution" #WaterWars
This image shows what it would look like if all of the water on the surface of the Earth was bunched into a ball. The radius of this ball would only about 700km, less than half the radius of our Moon.
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/how-much-water-there-earth Illustration: Jack Cook, Adam Nieman, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution" #WaterWars