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R.L. — 3/29/2006 10:11:05 AM (archived)

Volume of polar ice caps = 'V'... 3*10^7 cubic kilometers...

area of the oceans, 'A'....~3.6 *10^8 square kilometers...

How much that the oceans will rise from complete melting of ice caps='D'...

V=A*D

D=V/A

D=3/3.6 *10^-1 km...

Even if my source is off by an order of magnitude, this has got to strike you as significant...

It may be 2 mm a year now, but global warming is accelerating... as will the melting...

:) feel free to ignore it further- why stop now?

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/index-topics.shtml is where I got my numbers...

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Pentagon tells Bush: Climate change WILL destroy us - Jack Herer - 3/23/2006 6:47:18 PM
- Business Folks DO NOT CARE. Their only concern is THIS Quarter's profits. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2006 1:13:45 AM
- re: Climate change, more info.. - Johannes - 3/24/2006 4:36:52 AM
  - Measured sea-level is rising. - alcaray - 3/24/2006 6:13:10 PM
    - Peazus Cracker! - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:21:51 PM
      - Just occurred to me that I misspoke a bit in that post. - alcaray - 3/28/2006 12:40:27 AM
        
        Rise in sea level - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2006 6:29:03 PM
        
        re: Rise in sea level - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 5:41:55 AM
        
        You do understand that this is an accelerating process? (n/t) - R.L. - 3/30/2006 5:53:51 AM
        
        Wait... Isn't Europe supposed to get colder as a result of global warming? - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 10:19:15 PM
        
        Shhhh... the adults are talking (n/t) - R.L. - 4/2/2006 12:09:34 AM
        
        re: You do understand that this is an accelerating process? - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 7:08:40 AM
        
        PT 2 - R.L. - 3/31/2006 10:17:47 AM
        
        re: PT 2 - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 11:23:43 AM
        
        Temperature - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 12:11:09 AM
        
        re: Temperature - Doug Ellison - 4/1/2006 4:20:53 PM
        
        re: Temperature - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 10:57:47 PM
        
        re: Temperature - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 10:44:31 PM
        
        Yeah, 17 year old articles pertain to this issue? - R.L. - 4/2/2006 12:08:28 AM
        
        17 year old articles - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2006 5:42:50 PM
        
        re: Yeah, 17 year old articles pertain to this issue? - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 12:58:01 AM
        
        OK 3rd attempt at reply... my laptop has problems answers Pt 1 - R.L. - 3/31/2006 9:41:03 AM
        
        re: OK 3rd attempt at reply... my laptop has problems answers Pt 1 - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 9:23:57 AM
        
        Ocean levels aside, there are far more serious consequences from global warming... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:47:17 AM
        
        re: Ocean levels aside, there are far more serious consequences from global warming... - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 4:20:49 AM
        
        Ok, you hack... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:35:36 AM
        
        re: Ok, you hack... - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 5:58:05 AM
        
        Sorry to break it up like that but... - R.L. - 3/31/2006 9:43:17 AM
        
        "Antarctic is getting colder. Or are you disputing this?" Well, most studies do. - alcaray - 3/30/2006 9:25:50 PM
        
        re: "Antarctic is getting colder. Or are you disputing this?" Well, most studies do. - gbaikie - 3/31/2006 4:20:35 AM
        
        I was talking about the contention that it is getting colder in Antarctica - alcaray - 3/31/2006 3:47:26 PM
        
        Oops, link - gbaikie - 3/31/2006 4:28:03 AM
        
        Math.... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 10:11:05 AM
        
        re: Math.... - Laurie Street - 3/29/2006 5:32:02 PM
        
        Touche... - R.L. - 3/30/2006 5:52:04 AM
        
        Indeed it is a daunting task! - alcaray - 3/28/2006 11:43:49 PM
      - Misplaced my post. Sorry. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:23:08 PM
    - re: Measured sea-level is rising. - Johannes - 3/25/2006 6:55:39 PM
      - re: Measured sea-level is rising. - gbaikie - 3/25/2006 11:50:20 PM
        
        Professors from BYRD Polar Research Center have noticed.... - Lindy - 3/26/2006 3:40:15 PM
        
        re: Good info; thank you (n/t) - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:28:02 AM
      - Before you said "rise" now you say "accelleration". - alcaray - 3/25/2006 11:33:11 PM
        
        re: Goalposts - Johannes - 3/26/2006 4:44:44 AM
        
        re: Goalposts - alcaray - 3/26/2006 3:42:57 PM
        
        re: More goalposts - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:24:30 AM
        
        re: More goalposts - gbaikie - 3/27/2006 8:39:08 AM
        
        re: The point; simplified. - Johannes - 3/28/2006 5:20:31 AM
        
        More facts that you will ignore... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 8:50:25 AM
        
        re: The point; simplified. - gbaikie - 3/28/2006 7:56:50 AM
        
        The volume of the Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.3*10^9 cubic kilometers... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 9:01:26 AM
        
        1 cubic kilometer is 1 billion cubic meters.... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 9:13:00 AM
        
        re: I agree with you in that------ - Johannes - 3/30/2006 3:52:31 AM
        
        Bear in mind that liberated molecules do not cease to exist - alcaray - 3/28/2006 6:16:04 PM
    - Did you actually READ that paper? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 8:16:24 PM
      - There were about 10 papers and I read none of them. - alcaray - 3/25/2006 11:30:46 PM
- There's knowing and then there's OFFICIAL knowing. - et - 3/23/2006 7:52:22 PM
- Do you ever notice the date of the stuff you post? - Tony - 3/23/2006 7:44:40 PM

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