To: atomicpossum
Ah, nope. The ice up there is fresh water. It's also floating already so any chunk that calves off is still part of the over-all weight. In the beginning there was a finite amount of water that separated out into liquid, vapor and solid.
Just because there's a website that states something, it isn't always true. The thing that caught my eye right away was the "global warming" statement ..... seems like an agenda right there ....
100 posted on
08/31/2005 9:24:34 AM PDT by
SkyDancer
("Talent Without Ambition Is Sad - Ambition Without Talent Is Worse")
To: SkyDancer
Same page:
The main ice covered landmass is Antarctica at the South Pole, with about 90 percent of the world's ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water). Antarctica is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet). snip
The ice floats on the Arctic Ocean. If it melted sea levels would not be affected.
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There is a significant amount of ice covering Greenland, which would add another 7 meters (20 feet) to the oceans if it melted.
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Water is most dense at 4 degrees Celsius. Above and below this temperature, the density of water decreases (the same weight of water occupies a bigger space). So as the overall temperature of the water increases it naturally expands a little bit making the oceans rise.
Global warming would make the oceans rise. But they aren't, so it isn't. RFKjr is a fool.
102 posted on
08/31/2005 9:38:54 AM PDT by
atomicpossum
(Replies should be as pedantic as possible. I love that so much.)
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