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If everyone on Earth sat in the ocean at once, how much would sea level rise?

  • Written by Tony E. Wong, Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageThere are a lot of people, but the oceans are very big.Rosley Majid/EyeEm via Getty Imagesimage

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