Alp-sized peaks found below Antarctic ice [Covered by 2.5-mile thick ice]

The Times of India ^ | 26 Feb., 2009 | The Times of India

[DManA]

Maybe I could interest you in buying mountain view land? I can get you a very good pre-melt price.

[autumnraine]

My mistake, I read Artic in my hurry.

Thanks for not nailing me a new one with my idiocy.

[Star Traveler]

You said — “Fill a glass nearly full with water. Add enough ice cubes to float above the lip of the glass. Leave it out and watch to see if it overflows the glass when it melts.”

Ummm..., while I do not agree with Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW), one must be careful when stating facts to argue against it.

In this case, you’ve stated something wrong, which doesn’t help the credibility of the case against AGW. What you’ve said is true with ice that is built up in water (i.e., the oceans). If it melts, the oceans don’t gain in height (as in your example of the water glass with ice in it).

BUT, in this particular article, we’re not talking about a mass of ice that is submerged and floating in the water. Here in this article, it’s on land (it’s not like the Arctic, which is “sea ice”. This is “land ice”.

And — in that case — it *would raise sea level* — without a doubt. This is certain.

So, what you say is true with Arctic ice (already on water), but it is not true with Antarctic ice (the part which is over land).

Here’s a map of the geography of Antarctica...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/AntarcticBedrock.jpg

[silverleaf]

Interesting -there is theory that Antarctica is Atlantis.

http://www.briantaylor.com/Atlantis.htm

http://www.lantis.tv/amp/releases/arrival.html

whatever...it makes a heck of a story!
http://www.lantis.tv/bios/griffen_bio.html

[autumnraine]

Yes, I have already been whipped and run into the night with my tail between my legs. Thank you.

[Flycatcher]

Maybe I could interest you in buying mountain view land? I can get you a very good pre-melt price.

As they say in real estate, timing is everything. You're on!

How's the golfing?

[OrioleFan]

At the south pole which way is east? To my right if I face north. What if I turn 90 degrees, is east still on my right? And how do I know I’m facing north, cause if I turn around I’m still facing north. Is this a Grenwich thing?

[DManA]

You better be able to put on a good back spin because the greens are VERY hard.

How's the golfing?

[llevrok]

so do fish go water skiing on them?

[OrioleFan]

if every ounce of uranium on earth ever reached critical mass simultaneously.

We have reached critical mass of DemocRATs in Congress and the Executive branches, and look how it's destroying US.

[SampleMan]

Fill a glass nearly full with water. Add enough ice cubes to float above the lip of the glass. Leave it out and watch to see if it overflows the glass when it melts.

Antarctica is above sea level. Melting ice WOULD raise the sea level.

[1_Rain_Drop]

Where may I buy tickets?

Given the doomnation between the Porkulus and watching ice melt, I pick the ice.
Much prettier.

[Joe Boucher]

Your estimates are way under if ya ask algore.

[ApplegateRanch]

Miskatonic University must really be pulling in the international students these days.

If the Elder Gods went to so much trouble to bury it, DO NOT DIG IT UP!

[GOPJ]

In the early 1980's Scientific American reported major parts of Florida would be under water by 2000.

2000 came - 2000 went. Still here.

[eartrumpet]

“But the presence of jagged peaks might mean the ice formed quickly, burying a landscape under up to 4 km of ice.”

What kind of sudden flood could cause that?

[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Antarctic ice is pressure-compacted snow, not homgeneous ice.