[spodefly]

Place a lot of ice cubes in a bowl (large salad bowl), then fill with water until the ice floats. When the water over flows the bowl, that's when you can panic, It won't happen though. It's called Displacement. The ice floating in the water already has taken the space of the melt water that will replace the area the ice has taken up. Water level will not increase.

Actually, to make the experiment more analogous to earth, you would need to place some rocks in the salad bowl with the tops of the rocks protruding above the top of the water, and then put some of the ice on top of those rocks and not just in the water. That way, when the ice on top of the rocks melts, the salad bowl will over-flow.

[Zavien Doombringer]

For antartica yes, but for the Artic, no...

[koolaidsmile]

place some rocks in the salad bowl with the tops of the rocks protruding above the top of the water, and then put some of the ice on top of those rocks and not just in the water. That way, when the ice on top of the rocks melts, the salad bowl will over-flow.

Mmmmm! Sounds Atkins friendly! I'm using iceberg lettuce, but which dressing should I use?