To: Doctor Stochastic
Yes, melting the floating ice would make the ocean levels rise, consistent with the volume of water forming the ice that is above water the water level.
To: CWOJackson; Doctor Stochastic
I'm putting some ice cubes in a large glass of water.. Marking the level before and after the ice melts.
Tapping foot - waiting . . . I'll have the answer in a bit.
To: CWOJackson
Yes, melting the floating ice would make the ocean levels rise, consistent with the volume of water forming the ice that is above water the water level.Wrong. Try doing the experiment with a few ice cubes and a pot of water. Archimedes demonstrated this some years ago.
Invalid scientific arguments don't help in discussions of climate change.
19 posted on
05/17/2004 12:14:00 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: CWOJackson
dumber then a box of rocks.
30 posted on
05/17/2004 12:24:40 PM PDT by
jpsb
(Nominated 1994 "Worst writer on the net")
To: CWOJackson
melting the floating ice would make the ocean levels rise, consistent with the volume of water forming the ice that is above water the water level. Are you sure about that?
36 posted on
05/17/2004 12:28:45 PM PDT by
RightWhale
(Destroy the dark; restore the light)
To: CWOJackson
Want to rethink that! It's a matter of weight not volume.
136 posted on
05/17/2004 10:59:43 PM PDT by
rock58seg
(Character and integrity do count. BUSH/CHENEY 04)
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