Sentences with phrase «few cubic miles»

You canâ $ ™ t look at the behaviour of a few neurons and understand the functioning of a brain; likewise, you canâ $ ™ t look at a few ocean currents or a few cubic miles of atmosphere and understand the climatic system.

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685,000 cubic miles, a few gigatons.

The northern melting will likely add to sea level rise explains lead author, Shfaqat Abbas Khan: «If this activity in northwest Greenland continues and really accelerates some of the major glaciers in the area — like the Humboldt Glacier and the Peterman Glacier — Greenland's total ice loss could easily be increased by an additional 50 to 100 cubic kilometers (12 to 24 cubic miles) within a few years.»