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To: kinoxi

That wouldn't matter. Ice flows under sufficient pressure -- more precipitation in Antarctica would simply push the ice sheets out to sea a bit faster, thus keeping the total size of the ice cap more or less constant.


11 posted on 12/20/2006 12:06:50 PM PST by steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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To: steve-b

It's not floating (on water), it's a continent. I understand the displacement effect but it does not apply to Antarctica in general.


13 posted on 12/20/2006 12:10:54 PM PST by kinoxi
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