Evaporation removes the equivalent of 1.2 meter of water from the entire ocean every year. The ocean covers a surface area of 361,132,000 square kilometers. Calculate first the total mass of water that is evaporated over a year (A cubic meter of ocean water contains a mass of 1000 kg). The energy required to evaporate 1 kg of water is equal to 2.3×106 J. Calculate the energy that must be absorbed per square meter of ocean surface to provide this evaporation. How does this compare with the average rate at which solar energy is absorbed at the earth surface?