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1. voxic11 · 1790689045 · focus · HN ↗

   To heat all the water in all the Earth's oceans by 1 degree Celsius it would require the energy equivalent of the detonation of roughly 87 billion Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

   1. isthatafact · 1790713161 · focus · HN ↗

      and yet the ocean surface is already at roughly +1 degree Celsius.

      As long as we are doing absolutely useless comparisons of enormous numbers that could potentially be used as disinformation to vastly understate the impact of global warming: To heat the entire planet Earth down to the core by 1 degree Celsius would require the energy equivalent of (~order of magnitude) 1 quadrillion Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

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