Posted on 03/11/2002 2:30:53 PM PST by ex-Texan
Edited on 07/07/2004 4:48:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Okay, but isn't it true that glaciers move forward and recede based primarily upon snowfall rather than temperature? Isn't it a little more complicated than you suggest?
Au contraire! Water expands when it freezes so ice takes up more volume than water. If it were not so, ice would sink rather than float.
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