To: Zuben Elgenubi
Yep, 90% of ice shelf is under water, thus displacing water like a ship. the melting ice should just “fill in the hole” where the iceshelf was floating, thus no increase in sea level. Just like filling a glass with ice and water — and after the ice melts, the water level is lower than when it was solid.
Oh yes, the interior of antartica has been getting steadly colder the last decade according to reports these folks ignore reporting about.
66 posted on
03/25/2008 12:07:15 PM PDT by
GreyFriar
( 3rd Armored Division - Spearhead)
To: GreyFriar; Zuben Elgenubi
Just like filling a glass with ice and water and after the ice melts, the water level is lower than when it was solid.No, that's not correct. The water level does not go down. If a free floating ice cube melts, the water level will stay exactly the same. Try it and you'll see. The displacement of ice and liquid water is identical.
71 posted on
03/25/2008 12:11:32 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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