Gosh Darn it!!! The climate guys were right... Nice knowing you guys!!
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LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
Well .... since it was already afloat before it broke off, there won't be any sea level rise. Since the water displaced was negated by the equal weight of the ice. So .... zero net effect. Now, what happens with all that added melting fresh water to affect the salinity of the salt water? Hummmmmm?
Well .... since it was already afloat before it broke off, there won't be any sea level rise. Since the water displaced was negated by the equal weight of the ice. So .... zero net effect. Now, what happens with all that added melting fresh water to affect the salinity of the salt water? Hummmmmm?
GregV814
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but....Trump!!!
Also, it is late summer there, glaciers tend to calve in warmer weather.
LightRoasted
If I may ...
For your consideration ...
Well, the definition of ice shelf: "An ice shelf is a large floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface."
An ice shelf is already floating, continually being fed by glacial activity, its displacement, (any breaking off), is already accounted for. So zero net rise in sea levels.
About 97 percent of Earth's water is in the oceans. Of the tiny percentage that's not in the oceans, about two percent is frozen up in glaciers and ice caps. And less than 1% of water is in the air.
Now, even if all the ice caps were to melt, (ice caps being ice above ground), there would only be a negligible increase in sea levels.
The Earth is, and stays in, balance at all times.
Well, the definition of ice shelf: "An ice shelf is a large floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface."
An ice shelf is already floating, continually being fed by glacial activity, its displacement, (any breaking off), is already accounted for. So zero net rise in sea levels.
About 97 percent of Earth's water is in the oceans. Of the tiny percentage that's not in the oceans, about two percent is frozen up in glaciers and ice caps. And less than 1% of water is in the air.
Now, even if all the ice caps were to melt, (ice caps being ice above ground), there would only be a negligible increase in sea levels.
The Earth is, and stays in, balance at all times.
You would think that by now someone would have figured out a way to economically desalinate seawater. That's what they drink in Gitmo, since the Cubans cut the water lines running to the base down there. So while you can cook and drink the water, you can't wash your car or water your lawn on base.
A lot of the places in the world don't have safe water to drink. A lot of those places are hot year round. Set up some sort of solar powered mechanism to remove the salt from the water. Instead we spend our money removing statues and renaming military bases. Because those actions improve people's lives.
A lot of the places in the world don't have safe water to drink. A lot of those places are hot year round. Set up some sort of solar powered mechanism to remove the salt from the water. Instead we spend our money removing statues and renaming military bases. Because those actions improve people's lives.
