How much water is on Earth?

[West Karma]

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/2010/ga...er-volume.html

[troutman]

70% of the Earth's surface area, and 70% of your body. Coincidence?

[Bigtime]

With this knowledge it is even more important that we do not allow the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

[ricosuave]

I watched a program on the ol' dumont the other night about the source of earth's oceans.

There are lots and lots of rock that have water stored in the rock. Basically they were saying the water was present in all the rocks and debris from when the planets formed, and subsequent collisions that formed the moon, etc is the source. Carries an extra molecule or something, that's how they knew.

Bind mottling!

[pylon]

A lot less than you think, but thank god all that water that transports other peoples poo and pee, get re-consumed by you.

[flamesfever]

They say that if you drink water from a tap in New York city, it's been through someone's stomach 14 times...the advantage of recycling.

[TSXCman]

Originally Posted by troutman

70% of the Earth's surface area, and 70% of your body. Coincidence?

65% oxygen
18% carbon
10% hydrogen
3% nitrogen
4% other

Roughly the same composition of the entire universe as the human body, coincidence?

[keenan87]

Maybe when the world ends, humans explode and become planets

[REDVAN]

There's a lot more water than people think. A lot of us underestimate just how huge the earth actually is!

[3 Justin 3]

Originally Posted by TSXCman

65% oxygen
18% carbon
10% hydrogen
3% nitrogen
4% other

Roughly the same composition of the entire universe as the human body, coincidence?

I'm confused. Are you saying that the entire universe breaks down like this (roughly):

65% oxygen
18% carbon
10% hydrogen
3% nitrogen
4% other

?

Because that isn't true in the slightest. There is barely any oxygen in the universe. The human body is an anomaly when comparing it to the universes most abundant elements.

[ricosuave]

Originally Posted by keenan87

Maybe when the world ends, humans explode and become planets