Posted on 05/11/2010 9:07:11 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Melting icebergs boost sea-level rise
Because sea ice is fresh water, it has a lower density than salty ocean water, so even though floating ice won’t raise water levels by melting, the fresh water in the ice blocks can apparently make a small difference. “Small” being the word.
“…they estimate that about 746 cubic kilometres of ice are melting each year, overall. The ice melting is diluting the oceans, decreasing its density and raising sea levels as a consequence,” says Shepherd.
Watch out for that extra twentieth of a millimetre. Literally 0.049 mm per year.
Imagine, at this rate, in just one hundred years, sea levels could be… five millimeters higher.
Would New Scientist take part in reporting naked speculation based a wild extreme?
“…if all the sea ice currently bobbing on the oceans were to melt, it could raise sea level by 4 to 6 centimetres.”
And what are the chances that all the worlds sea ice will melt? All 16 – 22 million square kilometers.
And if millions of square kilometers of sea ice did melt, you’d suppose we had more to worry about than the 5 cm extra on top of the usual high tide.
Hmmm... Infinitesimal... that’s really big. Right?
I better vote Dimocrat next election or I’m doomed. Doomed!
‘K bye... commercial’s over, teevee show is back!
I knew it!
Not 15 feet from my front door, my sneaks were already sopping wet!
[oh, wait...it’s pouring rain...never mind]
fyi
"Oooo!!!..That's Scary, Boys and Girls.."
>Be afraid — melting sea ice causes infinitesimal sea level rise!
And so does my jumping into the sea. Wow!
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“Infintesimal is a scary word.”- Sheeple
I’m inclined to believe we will very soon see a dramatic INCREASE in ice, not decrease. (I think the Bible may indicate it for us in advance).
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Mark D.:
May 11th, 2010 at 5:19 am
Yes but My “scientist” says your “scientist” is wrong:
Global warming is making some parts of the oceans saltier, a new study has claimed.
http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article399023.ece
At the end note: ““This is probably one of the most significant papers we’ve seen yet in this area,” said Dean Roemmich, part of the ARGO leadership team.”
So amongst the AGW scaremongers they can’t even keep to one line of logic!
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Global warming is making some parts of the oceans saltier, a new study has claimed.
A research led by Australian scientists showed a clear link between salinity changes at the surface and changes in the deeper waters over the last six decades caused by the warming seen over the same period.
“The saltiness or salinity of the oceans is controlled by evaporation and rainfall at earth’s surface,” said senior researcher Paul Durack of CSIRO, the Australian government’s research agency.
Save the Sea Level BS...
AlBore just bought a HOUSE on the BEACH in CA.. LOLOLOLOL
How Shale Gas Will Rock the World
A great article that should be read by all us Climate deniers.
The Enviromental Whackos oppose desalination plants because returning the brine with a higher concentration of salt will increase the salinity of the ocean.
Damned if you do.........Damned if you don't.
Yes,....but...see #9 also....
AlBore just bought a HOUSE on the BEACH in CA.. LOLOLOLOL
No, his house is at about 420 ft. above (to-days) sea level.
That shows how much he expects the ocean to rise in Santa Barbara...:^)
Gimme one good Earthquake, then.
saltier? If all the freshwater ice melts into the ocean, it will get saltier? That does not compute.
It was different scientists .,...on different grants...
:’) Thanks Ernest!
Scientist[s do]n't have enough column space to tell you that Briffa's Yamal tree ring series depends heavily on just one freak 8-standard deviation tree in Northern Russia, and that multiple temperature reconstructions use that highly dubious series, but they do have time to warn the world about the effect of melting sea-ice on global sea levels.
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