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Old 05-09-2007, 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott S
The arctic ice cap is for the most part sitting on seawater therefore it is floating.

Put a ice cube in a tumbler half full of water and mark the side of the glass, wait for the ice cube to melt and then check the mark. No change....

For some reason when discussing global warming critical thinking skills are abandoned.

Scott S
Wrong Scott - the water level in the glass would rise by the volume of ice above the water level minus up to 20%, divided by the surface area of that water level.
The % is because of the differences in densities of water and ice. Ice density will vary with temp.

Just because you don't have the precision to measure something does not mean that it is not happening.

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