"What If All the Ice Melts?" Myths and Realities

Johnston Archive ^ | 12/29/2005 | Wm. Robert Johnston

[Dallas59]

Interesting...

[Gone_Postal]

"What If All the Ice Melts?"

Hillary will have no place to go

[muawiyah]

Two things ` it doesn't take thousands of years for the ice to build up. It doesn't take thousands of years for the North American ice cap to melt.

The whole business can be pretty precipitous.

[SittinYonder]

It's kind of tough to tell, but it looks like I'd have ocean-front property if these images are correct. I'm going to start taking the long way to and from work to burn more gas in my SUV and speed up this process. I can't even begin to think of what I could sell my middle-Georgia home for if it was on the ocean!

[Dallas59]

Capitalist!

[beans36]

This guy obviously didn't see Dr. Algore's movie.

[pbear8]

Awesome, I'd have beachfront property !!

[cripplecreek]

66 meters (216 feet) seems like an awfully extreme estimate.

[sure_fine]

coming back later ping

[word_warrior_bob]

What if all the ice melts?

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As long as they can find a way to chill my martini glass I could care less.

[JustDoItAlways]

The average temperature at the South Pole is -49C.

The average temperature at the North Pole is -25C.

The Poles go through 6 months of darkness each year (which means any ice that melts in the summer is going to freeze back 100% in the winter.)

Antarctica has been frozen over for about 40 million years, ever since continental drift moved the continent to the South Pole.

Greenland has been frozen over for about 15 million years, ever since continental drift moved the island/continent close enough to the North Pole.

They are not going to melt.

Give those figures to your lefty friends next time they say the Poles are going to melt.

[scan58]

Good visuals with the globes. Interesting to imagine.

[Man50D]

This article shows people do not understand the true purpose of those claiming humans are adversely effect the climate. It has nothing to do with climate change. That premise is merely a ruse to impose legislation to transfer more power from the individual to the select few who run the government. The socialists will then have achieved their goal of centralizing power and thereby destroying our Constitutional form of government.

[curiosity]

That's only if ALL the ice melts. No one is saying that human-caused global warming will do that. The most people are forecasting is a few feet, but even that would cause major disruptions since most people live on the coast.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"If all the icecaps in the world were to melt, sea level would rise about 60-75 meters (200-250 feet)."

Wilson, NC Elevation: 48 meters (157 feet). Sorry, man.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

Sorry, Dallas59 meant that for CD. I'm Dallas60 BTW.

"If all the icecaps in the world were to melt, sea level would rise about 60-75 meters (200-250 feet)."

Wilson, NC Elevation: 48 meters (157 feet).

Sorry, man.

[jimmyray]

Greenland has been frozen over for about 15 million years, ever since continental drift moved the island/continent close enough to the North Pole.

Why is it called Greenland?

[cripplecreek]

Why is it called Greenland?

Because the warmer climate of a thousand or so years ago left much of the southern coasts ice free. It's had an ice cap for millions of years.

[Dallas59]

I want palm trees. Bigens too...with lot's of coconuts so's I can do this....