Not that it matters much for my understanding, as these numbers are too big for my brain to grasp anyway, but what does that unit prefix “tn” stand for?
While reading the article in my head I read it as “tera tonne” but wouldn’t that be “Tt”?
I hope it’s at least a metric tonne and not one of the other weird short or long tonnes.
Judging by similar articles, it’s “7.5 trillion tonnes.” I assume metric tonne because of the spelling (usually I’ve only seen short or long ton spelled ton, although it may vary by region).
Not that it matters much for my understanding, as these numbers are too big for my brain to grasp anyway, but what does that unit prefix “tn” stand for?
While reading the article in my head I read it as “tera tonne” but wouldn’t that be “Tt”?
I hope it’s at least a metric tonne and not one of the other weird short or long tonnes.
I guess it means
freedomamerican tons.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_ton
Then it would be saying 7.5tons tonnes which doesn’t make any sense.
SMH my head
Trillion perhaps?
Looks like that’s the intention. The original paper uses Gt (gigatons): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36990-3
A horrifying thought
Thanks! That must be it.
Judging by similar articles, it’s “7.5 trillion tonnes.” I assume metric tonne because of the spelling (usually I’ve only seen short or long ton spelled ton, although it may vary by region).