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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 44 points 11 months ago

it most certainly IS carbonated though.

[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 51 points 11 months ago

Yes, but the concentration of CO₂ is about 420 ppm from 2023 measurements. Whereas your average carbonated soda is around 10,000 to 15,000 ppm. And most people call anything below 2,000 ppm flat.

Something to consider.

[-] Maelvie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 11 months ago

So atmosphere is not yet sparkling?

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

We’ll get there don’t worry! The world’s biggest corporations are carbonating the ocean as fast as they can!

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

At the very least, we're doing our damnedest to fill the ocean with carbonic acid

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

Was gonna say this. Man we are so fucking the oceans. I personally feel we are past the tipping point but it's gonna be damn scary when the oceans hit their limit and there's a mass dropoff in life due to the water being inhospitable.

[-] cholesterol@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

The Earth's surface area is about 70% percent covered by water.

More than 95 percent of the water is in the oceans, and they make up less than 1 percent of the Earth's total volume.

If you go by mass instead of volume the fraction is even lower.

[-] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 11 months ago

So earth is basically barely wet, huh?

[-] PhosphorStinkScent@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago

Moist at most.

[-] aow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Ok, so it's flat and on top of another object, like a board on a wheel! The surface is flat but wobbles a bit.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Very true, and although my specialty is not geology, I'm fairly confident the magma is also not carbonated.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

Idk, how do you explain geysers? If you taste the water runoff, it's very clearly carbonated (and nasty with a very metallic taste).

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I expected most volcanic gasses (and geysers) to be largely sulfuric. After looking it up, I have to agree. The Earth is full of dissolved gasses making it not flat.

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I'm not a geologist either, but I know there is in fact have a lot of gaz dissolved into magma.

Considering there is far more magma than water on earth, I can confidently say that eath is not flat.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Since I am a pedant, I would agree with you after looking up volcanic gas composition. I love how we can get to the smart stuff via dumb memes.

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Besides molten rock, magma may also contain suspended crystals and gas bubbles.

Source : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magma

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

Hey, we're working on it alright.

We just need to continue to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and eventually all the water will be carbonated.

[-] sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago
[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

We're working really hard on turning the oceans into Perrier though.

[-] Nariom@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Drink a full glass of sea water, see if it still qualify as flat.

[-] Goldmage263@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Already did. Didn't see the wave coming. It definitely made me flat and I lost my sunglasses.

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