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To: EdnaMode
Thwaites Glacier, which is about as big as Florida and contains enough ice to contribute more than 2 feet to sea level rise,

For something the size of Florida to add 2 feet of depth to cover 75% of the planet, it would need to be many miles high.

93 posted on 01/31/2019 5:40:05 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317

Florida is 54,154 sq mi... the oceans cover 139,480,000 sq mi... so 2,575 Floridas are needed to cover the oceans... 2,575 Floridas that are 2 ft thick would require that glacier to be over 20 miles thick. The earth’s crust is only 25 miles thick in most places. In other words, once again, someone is giving out non-scientific data.


95 posted on 01/31/2019 5:49:39 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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