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Originally Posted by Heytubes
Interesting about icebergs melting and cities being threatened. When I fill a glass with ice and water the ice will melt, but the level of water stays the same. Got to figure if that compares to melting icebergs raising the sea level how many feet.
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It's NOT a good analogy. In Antarctica, the ice is on top of firm ground. That would be like having an ice cube sitting on top of a slide dumping into a glass - then as that ice cube melted, the water level WOULD GO UP. Anyway, it is a KNOWN fact that in the last 10 years, the earth's ocean level has gone up. And at an INCREASING rate (enough to scare scientists) each succeeding year. And remember that we had a RECORD hot summer in the US and the whole world. Well, that is predicted to continue for , at least, the next 8 years.
......I hope that this helps.