To vaporize 10^21 kg of seawater from ~4 °C to 100 °C would require ~10^27 joule... | Hacker News

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delichon 64 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Strongest El Niño Ever

To vaporize 10^21 kg of seawater from ~4 °C to 100 °C would require ~10^27 joules, around 16 trillion Hiroshimas or ~2.5 seconds of the sun's output.

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