Right, but all the ice at the North pole doesn't all sit on land, so that's not going affect sea levels.
In addition, these projections are based on complete melting of the ice which would never happen. Finally, the ice this year has increased in area and thickness over last year with no peep from the global warming robber barons. --- Kristyne McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Madigan, > > > The only way melting ice can increase the sea > levels > > is if that ice sits on land. > > Exactly. That is why the melting glaciers in > Greenland and Antarctica are > the cause of the sea level rise that is being > projected. The ice on > Antarctica sits primarily on the continental land > mass, is 2 miles thick, > and covers an area close to the size of the North > American continent. > > That's a lot of ice. Enough to raise the sea levels > by FEET, not just > inches. The projection is 20 feet for Antarctica, > and 20 more feet for > Greenland. And since the ice is fresh water and not > salt water, it can > change the salination levels in the places where the > new fresh water will > flow into the oceans. > > Kristyne > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > ************************************************************************ Kwame Kilpatrick Gear! <http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike> Jack Kevorkian for Congress! <http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike> I Wish Hillary had married OJ http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/4236924 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
