Recent content by CMaso

Thank you, but what I asked is what if (for whatever reason) sea volume increased such that sea levels rose by several miles -- how the air density at the new sea level would compare to air density at the old sea level.

2 scenarios: 1) Situation in the movie "2012", where volume of ocean water hasn't changed, but worldwide seismic activity has caused massive tidal waves. In one scene, a ship is sailing by Mt. Everest close to its peak. In such a scenario, I believe the air density outside the ship would the...

This brings up another question which I haven't found an answer for anywhere online yet -- relative to one's point of reference, how does one distinguish if objects are moving through space vs. moving *with* space as it expands?

Thank you very much Marcus, and everyone, for your comments - great forum. :) I really mean the stick to be a virtual one; just a convenient gauge of what's happening to 3-d space. But as a follow-up question - I get that the tip end of a 14.4 billion LY-long stick would be stretching away from...

The shape of the universe is widely discussed on this forum and elsewhere -- my apologies for creating a new thread, I just wanted to approach the question from a different angle. It gets a little confusing when scientists describe the big bang, saying the universe expanded to be x wide in the...

if it were extended out from Earth, was perfectly straight, and could be any length desired? If I understand the prevailing theories it would either A) Just keep going forever (assuming infinite mass were possible), or B) Seem to travel in a straight line as far as we could tell, but eventually...