A Facebook page promoting the flat Earth conspiracy theory falsely claims the planet’s ocean is held in place because Antarctica is a ridged container.
Sea level is uneven across the planet.
Several factors influence the ocean’s varied topography, including underwater mountains, underwater cliffs and undersea currents.The Earth is not flat, but that hasn’t stopped conspiracy theories that argue otherwise. An April 20 Facebook post from an account promoting flat Earth theories adds to the pile, claiming the ocean is held within a bowl-like container.features a photo of a small string of islands in the middle of the ocean alongside a topographic diagram of the ocean floor."The ocean has no elevation features to its surface hence why we have SEA-LEVEL," the post’s caption said.
The caption adds that the container for the world’s ocean is Antarctica, which"wraps 360° around the Earth" and keeps the water from escaping. The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. According to NASA, the ocean does have topographical features — water at sea level is not perfectly uniform across the Earth.off the water’s surface. By measuring the time it takes for the radar wave to return, scientists can calculate variations in sea level height.
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