Scientists are now closer than ever to being able to answer what is the volume of Earth’s oceans.
“A lot of water values are taken for granted,” he says. “If you want to know the water volume on the planet, you Google it and you get five different numbers, most of them 30- or 40-year-old values.”
Until now, that is.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) scientists Matthew Charette and Walter H.F. Smith have used the latest technology to not only answer how deep our oceans are, but also give the best answer yet as to the volume of our oceans. (more…)