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To: elmatador who wrote (58640)	1/10/2005 10:09:42 AM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) of 74559

>>The ice is already inside the water, how can it make sea level raise?<< I believe you are correct regarding the ice shelf itself. However, the "16 feet" of sea level rise for the Ross Ice Shelf is all over the web. Apparently this is the explanation... Glaciers Quicken Pace to Sea mnforsustain.org However, there are far larger and more important ice shelves. The Ross Ice Shelf, the main outlet for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, bottles up several large glaciers; sea levels could rise by 16 feet if they melted completely.

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