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Well, that's the first time I've seen cubic miles used as a unit. For reference it's about 4.4e19 litres or 4.4e16 cubic metres.
by dpwm 2y ago
Well, that's the first time I've seen cubic miles used as a unit. For reference it's about 4.4e19 litres or 4.4e16 cubic metres.
- Horffupolde 2y agoIt’s similarly difficult to have an intuitive grasp regardless. And I’m an SI-loving engineer.
- alserio 2y ago> The new figure stands at approximately 43.9 million cubic kilometers quoted from the article
- rootusrootus 2y agoe19 and e16 are both absurdly large, which is probably why they used miles. Maybe kilometers would be better for folks who need it in SI. Edit: And I see someone quoted the value from the article apparently few of us read completely.
- Someone 2y agoI don’t think it’s that uncommon. For one thing, it is listed in the NIST Guide to the SI (https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-appendix-b-conversion-factors/nist-guide-si-appendix-b8 https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-...) It also, IMO, beats acre-foot as a generic way to describe volumes (who even knows an acre is a chain by a furlong?)
- brnt 2y agoThe length of a mile varies across jurisdictions though. You'd think the world atlas would be mindful of the gap.
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