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To: jyro

Maybe I was sleeping in chemistry in Jr High but I do remember that water expands as its frozen and its volume goes down as it changes into water. (90% of an iceberg sits below sea level, if the iceverg melts, 0 net sum gain in ocean level) Why wont the ocean levels go down if all this ice melts instead of go up 200 feet. Also I know that 1 inch of rain is equals to 10 inches of snow, so if the snow melts, its volume also goes down. Am I making any sense here?


16 posted on 06/27/2007 2:45:34 PM PDT by mriguy67
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To: mriguy67

It’ll take one hellacious volume of ice to make the Oceans rise 200 feet.


17 posted on 06/27/2007 2:53:23 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (http://www.imwithfred.com/index.aspx)
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To: mriguy67

The Antarctic ice sheets are sitting on land, not floating.


19 posted on 06/27/2007 3:22:33 PM PDT by Coronal
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To: mriguy67

Because these ice fields sit on land, not water.


20 posted on 06/27/2007 3:23:04 PM PDT by gcruse
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To: mriguy67
Am I making any sense here?

Fill an insulated glass with as much ice or snow as you can. Then fill it to the brim with water. Set the glass in a small dry dish. Come back when everything that can met has melted and look in the dish. Report back if you see any water in it. (Insulated glass will keep condensation from forming outside the glass and dripping into the dish.)

ML/NJ

21 posted on 06/27/2007 3:43:37 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: mriguy67
Am I making any sense here?

No, but keep working on it. Scientific advance comes from noting such things.

22 posted on 06/27/2007 3:50:41 PM PDT by RightWhale (It's Brecht's donkey, not mine)
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