The Antarctic ice is sitting on dry land at the moment, so when it melts, either sooner or later, it will add to the contents of the oceans. The Archimedes Principle does not apply to that supply of water which, by the way, is the largest in the world. Antarctica covers more area than North America.
The Greenland icecap alone, if melted, would raise sea level worldwide anywhere from 20 to 25 feet (Melting Antarctica would add another 200 feet to that).
If, if, if! If pigs could fly, we’d all be millionaires.
It would take thousands of years to melt the icecaps even according to the computer-simulations’ worst-case predictions. Greenland ice cores have been dated back 100,000 years. If they haven’t melted away once in all that time, they are certainly not going to disappear in the lifetime of anyone gathered around your deathbed.
Only Al Gore and certain cartoonists think there will be any more than a one meter rise in the next century. That’s less than 1/2 inch a year. How will we ever get out of the way without drowning!?! Plenty of time for stilts, pontoons, dikes, moving to higher ground, or floating cities, whether on water or in the air. Besides, there is another ice age coming. Or at least that’s what climatologists were predicting in the 1970’s.
Charles Evans Premium Member about 13 years ago
When you get a moment, consider putting your house on stilts.
Steve Bartholomew about 13 years ago
When you get a moment, consider putting your house on stilts.
How about pontoons?
viewer1 Premium Member about 13 years ago
Try reading up on the Archimedes Principle. Sea levels would remain unchanged or actually fall if the area continued warming.
thatsdand about 13 years ago
The Antarctic ice is sitting on dry land at the moment, so when it melts, either sooner or later, it will add to the contents of the oceans. The Archimedes Principle does not apply to that supply of water which, by the way, is the largest in the world. Antarctica covers more area than North America.
Possum Pete about 13 years ago
^ Please don’t let facts and/or common sense enter into an argument.
Spyderred about 13 years ago
Thanks, thatsdand, for the injection of reality, always preferable to “belief”.
runar about 13 years ago
The Greenland icecap alone, if melted, would raise sea level worldwide anywhere from 20 to 25 feet (Melting Antarctica would add another 200 feet to that).
pschearer Premium Member about 13 years ago
If, if, if! If pigs could fly, we’d all be millionaires.
It would take thousands of years to melt the icecaps even according to the computer-simulations’ worst-case predictions. Greenland ice cores have been dated back 100,000 years. If they haven’t melted away once in all that time, they are certainly not going to disappear in the lifetime of anyone gathered around your deathbed.
Only Al Gore and certain cartoonists think there will be any more than a one meter rise in the next century. That’s less than 1/2 inch a year. How will we ever get out of the way without drowning!?! Plenty of time for stilts, pontoons, dikes, moving to higher ground, or floating cities, whether on water or in the air. Besides, there is another ice age coming. Or at least that’s what climatologists were predicting in the 1970’s.