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Originally Posted by DocDirk
I've been reading this post with interest, and I'm ignorant of most of the math and science involved. I did, however, hear an interview on the radio a few weeks ago with a scientist who claimed that with all parameters taken into account (which I don't understand) the net rise in sea level would be something under 3 feet. He had a credentials list of course, but then don't a ton of would-be experts? I'll try to find that information source and post it in the next couple of days.
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DD,
There are some facts that we do know, such as the (ballpark) volume of ice in Antarctica, and the (ballpark) surface area of the oceans.
Using the numbers I have for those two things I came up with each square kilometer of ocean gets an additional 89 meters (about 290 feet) of depth.
A water level raise of only 3 feet just does not fit with those numbers. The Arctic is a different story. I have not done the math, but I suspect that we would get only a few inches out of it. The ice shelf on Greenland has a lot more volume on it, and might add up to 10 meters.
I'd be interested to see what sort of math the guy on the radio did to come up with 3 feet. I actually like the math and science part of it.
Steve