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To: isopatch who wrote (79032)11/15/2000 11:59:03 AM
From: Sharp_End_Of_Drill  Read Replies (4) of 95453
 
OT - polar ice cap.

Here's a question to stump all your green friends.

If the entire ice cap at the North Pole melts, the whole shebang, how much would sea level rise?

Typical answers may be a few to hundreds of feet.

The real answer? (drumroll please.....) Not one millimeter. The ice cap at the North Pole is floating like a giant ice cube. If it melts the amount of mass released to the sea is exactly the same as the amount of water displaced to float the ice - net change zippo. You can try it yourself with a glass of ice water if you don't believe it.

Almost nobody believes this, and they generally get mad and think you're an anti-green nut - so try at your own risk.

Sharp
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