I know this is meant to sound like the expansion is fast, but it is in fact really, REALLY slow.
Geohydtotypography
Submitted 3 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 3 months ago
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Well yeah it’s slow. No one would hire the Atlantic work only 100 wps typing skill.
MudMan@fedia.io 3 months ago
Hold on, over how many lines? How was this estimate made? I demand to know what latitude gets the first line change for a given text. Also how much text you'd need and whether we have a single source that would fit.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
We can work this out in reverse.
The Atlantic widens about 1cm per year. Words contain about 6 characters on average.
Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 months ago
Companion trivia: Can the whole of text of the internet cover the entire Atlantic in 12 point type, and if not yet, when based on how fast it grows?
Secondary question: What font would be best, besides Papyrus?
Dasus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Depends on the projection.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Tectonic plates are about as fast as the growth of finger and toe nails
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I feel like that would be much much faster than 100 words per minute… But scale is hard
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 3 months ago
100 words per minute Post says words per second.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
If I started to lety fingernails grow around the time of Pangea, I’d have some pickass fingernails that would be a bitch while programming.
I’d also have a nail fungus from the pkanet hell.
dave@feddit.uk 3 months ago
I do not like the sound of pickass finger nails. But it could explain the fungus.
match@pawb.social 3 months ago
But, would we expect the words to evenly increase, or would we see nothing for a month and then 4 billion additional words pop in all at once?
Jakylla@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Here’s the sauce: xkcd/2803
And here is another lemmy post about this commic: sh.itjust.works/post/1694738 (on !xkcd@lemmy.world)
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 months ago
And how much by sea level rise?
propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 months ago
Grant proposal bit
cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Is that why trans-Atlantic flights are so much more expensive these days?
odium@programming.dev 3 months ago
On the other hand, cis-Atlantic flights are cheaper than ever before.
Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Flying New York to London via Russia-adjacent Artic?
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
I mean, wouldn’t those just be intra-continental flights?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 months ago
The price of ink is through the roof.
PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 3 months ago
My wallet is not that deep!
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Nah, that’s just airliners abusing their monopolies to squees every last dime out of your pocket, the poor shareholders need to survive too, you know.
Its not just trans Atlantic either, it’s everywhere. I just booked Mexico Canada and I got the luxury premium of being allowed to take one free carry-on
Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 months ago
Climate change is fucking a lot up.
Hotter air is less dense, requiring more lift generate from the engines.
Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
To be clear, 2°C is not going to significantly affect lift. Planes won’t to falling put of the sky on sunny days. Rather, airports and weight limits were designed around historic temperature maximums, and much higher maximum temperatures are showing up much more commonly. Adjusting these limits isn’t hard, but airlines are going to cry every step of the way and pass the cost ditectly to passengers.
Increased turbulence and higher winds are also a concern, increasing maintenance costs and travel times, as well as extreme weather shutting down airports more often.