80% of the earth's total volume is water? Where did that fact come from? Here is a source of facts that seem correct to me: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthhowmuch.html
If all of Earth's water (oceans, icecaps and glaciers, lakes, rivers, ground water, and water in the atmosphere was put into a sphere, then the diameter of that water ball would be a bit less than 1,400 kilometers across, a bit more than the distance between Chicago, Illinois and New Orleans, Louisiana. About 70 percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicholas Geti" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Science: Another Ice Age? Land accounts for only 1/7 or 14% of the total earth's surface. It is the oceans that control all weather and planet temperatures. By total volume, the oceans account for 80% of the planet total volume, leaving the core to account for most of the remainder. The volume of the land mass is only about 3 or 4% and cannot affect the planet's temperature by any significant amount. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/059a01ca8264$784811d0$7a00a...@w2k3s02 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
