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Don't forget the sea ice, there's more to melt away than glaciers.
sea levels rise by about 1/16” for every 150 cubic miles of ice that melts off one of the poles.
originally posted by: PublicOpinion
a reply to: NorthernLites
“That may not sound like a lot, but consider the volume of ice now locked up in the planet’s three greatest ice sheets,” she writes in a recent issue of Scientific American. “If the West Antarctic ice sheet were to disappear, sea level would rise almost 19 feet; the ice in the Greenland ice sheet could add 24 feet to that; and the East Antarctic ice sheet could add yet another 170 feet to the level of the world’s oceans: more than 213 feet in all.” Bell underscores the severity of the situation by pointing out that the 150-foot tall Statue of Liberty could be completely submerged within a matter of decades.
originally posted by: NorthernLites
a reply to: PublicOpinion
Don't forget the sea ice, there's more to melt away than glaciers.
Are you of the opinion that sea ice melting results in higher sea levels?
If you are, I suggest a simple experiment you can do at home. Glass, marker, ice and water. With those simple objects you can perform your own experiment to prove or disprove your hypothesis.
originally posted by: NorthernLites
a reply to: Greven
Since sea ice is frozen sea water, the net result of it thawing back into solution will be zero rise in level.
The linear rate of decline for April sea ice extent is 37,500 square kilometers (14,500 square miles) per year, or 2.6 percent per decade relative to the 1981 to 2010 average.
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“That may not sound like a lot, but consider the volume of ice now locked up in the planet’s three greatest ice sheets,” she writes in a recent issue of Scientific American. “If the West Antarctic ice sheet were to disappear, sea level would rise almost 19 feet; the ice in the Greenland ice sheet could add 24 feet to that; and the East Antarctic ice sheet could add yet another 170 feet to the level of the world’s oceans: more than 213 feet in all.” Bell underscores the severity of the situation by pointing out that the 150-foot tall Statue of Liberty could be completely submerged within a matter of decades.
Bell underscores the severity of the situation by pointing out that the 150-foot tall Statue of Liberty could be completely submerged within a matter of decades.
About 4cm if all of it melted.
Melting sea ice will cause no appreciable deviation in sea levels.
Phage below has found a speculation that the total rise if all the available sea ice melted would be 4 cm.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: TheRedneck
About 4cm if all of it melted.
Melting sea ice will cause no appreciable deviation in sea levels.
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Actually, it seems that if anything, there are more conservatives on ATS. And a lot of them support Trump, for some reason.
Oh, forgot, this whole ATS is liberal propaganda lmao.... do your homework people.