It will also get bigger

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It will also get bigger

podrock — 10/2/2020 12:04:12 AM (archived)

When the ice melts, the crust will rebound, increasing the surface area. Also, the seas will retreat due to decreased gravitational attraction.

But the volcanos under the ice will also be unburdened, so there's that.

And it will be very, very dry. And still really cold.

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Hot Earth - johannes - 9/27/2020 4:25:27 AM
- A little bit of Column A... - Vitruvius - 10/2/2020 9:47:46 AM
  - Thank you Vitruvius. - johannes - 10/8/2020 11:13:36 PM
    - I'm gonna have to stop you there... - Vitruvius - 10/16/2020 2:43:44 AM
      - One more thing - johannes - 10/25/2020 4:49:10 AM
        
        Dimensional analysis is your friend... - RL - 10/25/2020 1:43:38 PM
      - We have done the numbers repeatedly for Johannes... - RL - 10/16/2020 4:32:05 AM
        
        To RL - johannes - 10/25/2020 4:55:32 AM
        
        Point to one place where I ever claimed you could - RL - 10/25/2020 7:52:29 AM
        
        pointing to one place - johannes - 10/25/2020 8:15:23 PM
        
        Two decades and you still have not managed to learn that much... - RL - 10/25/2020 9:37:30 PM
        
        Two decades - johannes - 10/26/2020 7:17:58 PM
        
        When you assert that energy has units of velocity squared then you are not conveying information... - RL - 10/26/2020 10:22:45 PM
        
        And I thought that you understood mathematics.!!! - johannes - 10/28/2020 1:14:05 AM
        
        Dear Johannes - ER - 10/28/2020 1:00:47 PM
        
        Thank you ER. Teachers like you are very valuable. - johannes - 10/29/2020 2:46:38 AM
        
        I know very little Relativity, Special or General. - ER - 10/29/2020 3:48:40 AM
        
        E=mc^2 is actually only for the rest mass energy - RL - 10/29/2020 5:10:47 AM
        
        Quantum and Relativity were lumped in "Modern Physics" in my day. - ER - 10/29/2020 1:16:17 PM
        
        /0 - podrock - 10/28/2020 4:52:50 AM
        
        At least that would be something... - RL - 10/28/2020 7:01:12 AM
        
        Johannes, your 'equations' are gibberish - RL - 10/28/2020 1:25:10 AM
        
        If you were a bird what would you do every day? - johannes - 10/29/2020 3:03:48 AM
  - Not bad enough . . . - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:04:46 PM
    - We don't HAVE a few generations to get it right - RL - 10/2/2020 6:29:47 PM
      - Maybe you should just go and pull the covers over your head. - DanS - 10/8/2020 3:52:24 PM
        
        Nope, I am not a Republican... - RL - 10/8/2020 6:37:29 PM
        
        I didn't write the article, all I did was post it . . . - DanS - 10/8/2020 10:53:50 PM
- Antarctica Could Melt 'Irreversibly' Due to Climate Change, Study Warns . . . - DanS - 10/1/2020 5:53:53 PM
  - Look on the bright side, Dan. - ER - 10/1/2020 7:20:52 PM
    - Earth is self-healing, true . . . - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:22:07 PM
    - It will also get bigger - podrock - 10/2/2020 12:04:12 AM
- Yet again... it is a matter of scale - RL - 9/28/2020 2:03:45 AM
  - Again yes - johannes - 10/1/2020 12:53:27 AM
    - "I have my answers I’m waiting for yours." - RL - 10/1/2020 1:16:18 AM
      - Again yes - johannes - 10/2/2020 3:54:36 AM
        
        *Sigh* Good-bye Johannes - RL - 10/2/2020 4:09:52 AM
- Welcome back, Johannes. - ER - 9/27/2020 11:59:11 AM
  - Hi! ER. - johannes - 9/27/2020 5:49:16 PM
    - Hi! ER. - johannes - 9/27/2020 5:51:27 PM
      - A Pierson's Puppeteer - ER - 9/27/2020 6:42:04 PM
        
        Thanks for the explanation: I’m not familiar with Larry Niven’s work; sounds interesting. - johannes - 9/28/2020 12:56:39 AM
        
        Ringworld! - DanS - 10/2/2020 5:24:28 PM
        
        If you like Ringworld ... - Vitruvius - 10/3/2020 9:43:21 PM

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