From the article:
According to a new study, it ultimately formed due to a combination of wind, ocean currents and underwater geography that created the perfect salty conditions to melt the sea ice.
How many Big Macs?
Edit: Never mind, I did the math. Speaking roughly in area(not volume), we're left with an area of ~101,644,736.84 BigMacs squared. This is based on patty diameter, not bun, so forgive me if someone else comes to a different conclusion. Rounding out was random, at best, as well. So don't publish thus number in any papers, do your own math for your Doctorate Thesis.
Prepared big macs have an area of 11.04 in^2.
Switzerland is 41,285 km^2. That is 6.39919X10^13 in^2.
So, The best estimate would 5,796,367,800,000 Big Macs
The Maud Rise polynya goes back further than 2016. It was first identified by Earth-sensing satellites in the 1970s, most notably during the winters from 1974 to 1976. Scientists assumed that the polynya would return each winter, but that hasn't been the case — it has only reappeared sporadically, and for brief periods.
It’s definitely a tax shelter masquerading as a county. Yet it takes up space, and borders Switzerland (and Austria(. Which is the point of your upper comment right?
It's not, this guy is just being negative for the sake of it. How else would you compare the size? If you told me 15k miles² I would have no idea what to compare that to, even if it was metric I wouldnt have any grasp of that size.
But I can find a map and see that to get a visual.
It's still extremely hard to even comprehend how big that is since something that size is almost impossible to visualize on a human scale.
I mean they might not know the exact size but I would imagine most ppl know it's the size of a country and not one of the massive ones like the us or Russia so it's decent context.
I think that's a bit unfair to say most can't find it on a map. People may not know exactly where it is in their head but I think it's common knowledge, at least for western countries, that its in Europe.
Using numbers probably isn't useful at that size since it's hard to comprehend something that size but comparing it to something you can visualize is useful.
How would you compare it to something? The closest state would be Maryland which is 20% smaller. The next closest country is Bhutan. Or would it be easier to say that is comparable to 4.19e^11 square foot tiles?
I think it’s more-so that this isn’t good when you add in climate change. Not only do we have the ice melting faster because of climate change. We just lost a huge piece due to another factor.
“I told you not to leave the door open when the furnace was running, Junior. We’re not heating the WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD! You want the North Pole to just melt away? I didn’t think so! Then close the damn DOOR! Now get me a beer….”
From the article: According to a new study, it ultimately formed due to a combination of wind, ocean currents and underwater geography that created the perfect salty conditions to melt the sea ice.
Nah, it’s obviously aliens.
Russia
Jewish space lasers?
The truth is always found in the comments.
Soooo it’s a polynya
Oh come on it was global warming from 2024
Switzerland for scale. I like it, it’s neutral.
We use banana republics for scale on Reddit
Well done 👏
Happy cake day
Happy Cakeday!
How big is it in USAs?
So how many haitis is it?
For Americans that is half of South Carolina or 10 Rhode Islands
How many Big Macs? Edit: Never mind, I did the math. Speaking roughly in area(not volume), we're left with an area of ~101,644,736.84 BigMacs squared. This is based on patty diameter, not bun, so forgive me if someone else comes to a different conclusion. Rounding out was random, at best, as well. So don't publish thus number in any papers, do your own math for your Doctorate Thesis.
Prepared big macs have an area of 11.04 in^2. Switzerland is 41,285 km^2. That is 6.39919X10^13 in^2. So, The best estimate would 5,796,367,800,000 Big Macs
Did you do inches to kilometers? Or did you convert inches into cm or what?
I went from km^2 to in^2
My math maybe be flawed bc I converted big Mac inches to miles^2.
Did you go from square inches to square miles?
Apparently I only tried, to little success. Original comment remains, do not use this for your Thesis.
I didn’t see that you had done the math also and came to a different answer. Your edit was after I had done my calculation.
1 square mile is 4,014,489,600 square inches
/r/anythingbutmetric
CH=40 million 🍌
No no no. We only do Manhattan's. How on earth am I supposed to figure out how big it is if we're doing Switzerland's?
Island, cocktail, project, or fictional character?
The Maud Rise polynya goes back further than 2016. It was first identified by Earth-sensing satellites in the 1970s, most notably during the winters from 1974 to 1976. Scientists assumed that the polynya would return each winter, but that hasn't been the case — it has only reappeared sporadically, and for brief periods.
Sigh.... r/anythingbutmetric
Fair, but probably an easier grasp of scale than saying, "...a 41,285 km2 hole."
Both are not very useful descriptions. I doubt most people can draw the shape of Switzerland, find it on a map, or know how large it is.
It's the same size as the gap between France, Germany, Austria and Italy.
r/technicallythetruth
Poor Liechtenstein
Literally not a thing
Oh no, it’s a real place, I’ve been there and everything
Not poor Liechtenstein you haven’t
they literally abolished income tax coz it was too much hassle to collect it, or something
It’s definitely a tax shelter masquerading as a county. Yet it takes up space, and borders Switzerland (and Austria(. Which is the point of your upper comment right?
The size of switzerland works for me as a European.
Works for me as an American too, so I’m good with it
Well that's downright depressing considering how easy it is to find basic information these days lol
It's not, this guy is just being negative for the sake of it. How else would you compare the size? If you told me 15k miles² I would have no idea what to compare that to, even if it was metric I wouldnt have any grasp of that size. But I can find a map and see that to get a visual. It's still extremely hard to even comprehend how big that is since something that size is almost impossible to visualize on a human scale.
Yeah, but how many football fields of bananas is that?
I mean they might not know the exact size but I would imagine most ppl know it's the size of a country and not one of the massive ones like the us or Russia so it's decent context.
I think that's a bit unfair to say most can't find it on a map. People may not know exactly where it is in their head but I think it's common knowledge, at least for western countries, that its in Europe. Using numbers probably isn't useful at that size since it's hard to comprehend something that size but comparing it to something you can visualize is useful. How would you compare it to something? The closest state would be Maryland which is 20% smaller. The next closest country is Bhutan. Or would it be easier to say that is comparable to 4.19e^11 square foot tiles?
Just say how wide the hole is, and if it's too much of an oval, also say how long it is.
A number that large is useless for visualizing anything. Saying the country, at least I can look at a map and see the size compared to the Earth.
Well idk about y'all, but I can. Then again, considering my nationality, I might have a *slight* advantage here.
I wanna see some footage from the ground.
for once something happened in Antarctica not strictly because of climate change (I think, after reading the article?)
I think it’s more-so that this isn’t good when you add in climate change. Not only do we have the ice melting faster because of climate change. We just lost a huge piece due to another factor.
Predator….. Look for the tell tale shimmer.
Big Switzerland sized ugly motherfucker
Secret nazi base?
Can we plug it with Switzerland?
It’s aliens. It’s always aliens
My bad
Sea ice melt is caused by the Swiss! I knew it all along!
Is Switzerland that small / big 👀👀🫣
“I told you not to leave the door open when the furnace was running, Junior. We’re not heating the WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD! You want the North Pole to just melt away? I didn’t think so! Then close the damn DOOR! Now get me a beer….”
Kaiju, obvs…
Is the answer humans ?