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To: Free ThinkerNY

Is that even possible? Is there even that much ice on the planet?


2 posted on 03/22/2012 8:48:33 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL
There is the issue of thermal expansion as well...
5 posted on 03/22/2012 8:53:05 PM PDT by stormer
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To: GeronL
There is the issue of thermal expansion as well...
6 posted on 03/22/2012 8:53:12 PM PDT by stormer
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To: GeronL

Sure, it’s possible, since sea levels have been both much higher and much lower in the past. Still, we’re in an interglacial period, and it’s just as possible that the ice sheets could start growing again and the sea levels would drop, opening up coastal areas that have been underwater for millenia.


31 posted on 03/22/2012 9:52:34 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: GeronL

I think I’ve seen the calculations, which are probably close to correct, which suggest that if there all the worlds ice sheets melted the total sea level rise would be in the 200-300 ft range. Really, the sea level rise at the end of the ice age was on the same order of magnitude - so there’s nothing too unbelievable about that number.


40 posted on 03/22/2012 11:00:05 PM PDT by eclecticEel (Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
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