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[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 43 points 1 month ago

it most certainly IS carbonated though.

[-] IHeartBadCode@fedia.io 49 points 1 month 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 22 points 1 month ago

So atmosphere is not yet sparkling?

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month 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 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month 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 27 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

So earth is basically barely wet, huh?

Moist at most.

[-] aow@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago
[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Nariom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

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

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

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