Why would ice melting cause the sea level to rise? Ice takes up more room than water. When the ice in my tea melts the glass doesn't overflow. :^)
"Why would ice melting cause the sea level to rise? Ice takes up more room than water. When the ice in my tea melts the glass doesn't overflow. :^)"
Because the ice is above sea level.
If you put enough ice cubes in a glass so that the top ones are above the liquid level then the liquid level will rise as the ice melts.
You got it right. I saw a scientist on TV demonstrate the same principle. He had a bowl filled with ice and added water to the top of the bowl's rim. If the global warming fear mongers are correct, that water should have overflown the bowl as the ice melted. Didn't happen. Read Michael Crichton's book, State of Fear, and a lot of this Antarctica stuff is debunked. No mention at all about the Solar storms and how the ice is melting on Mars, too. Maybe the methane from all our cows is permeating up to other planets???
"Why would ice melting cause the sea level to rise? Ice takes up more room than water. When the ice in my tea melts the glass doesn't overflow. :^)"
There's a lot of ice on top of land, not floating in the water. If that ice were to melt, water levels would most definitely rise.
>>>Why would ice melting cause the sea level to rise?
Much of the Antarctic ice lies over land (Antarctica), so when the ice melts, sea levels increase.
To be correct, the example of the bowl with ice and water would require ice cubes on the rim of the bowl that are melting as well. In time, the bowl will overflow.
Tell the truth claudi ... you moonlight as Doctor Science, don't you?