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To: RealMuLan who wrote (58671)1/10/2005 1:46:41 PM
From: KyrosL  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Hi Yiwu, as Snowshoe is saying, if you add an ice cube to a glass of water the water level rises to a new level, and that new level does not change after the ice cube melts. So, when a piece of Antarctic ice falls into the sea, the sea level rises the same as if that piece melted completely. By the way, thanks for the interesting statistics and all the other interesting articles you post <g>



To: RealMuLan who wrote (58671)1/10/2005 2:27:45 PM
From: Snowshoe  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74559
 
>>That is an agressive estimate<<

The USGS site you gave is even more aggressive. Max sea level rise potential if everything melts is 80.44m (264 feet)! But the portion from melting Antarctic ice shelves is only 0.12m (less than 5 inches).

Estimated Present-Day Area* and Volume* of Glaciers
and Maximum Sea Level Rise Potential
pubs.usgs.gov


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