On Wed, Dec 27, 2006 at 04:51:43PM -0500, graywolf wrote: > Let's stick some thinking in here. > > 44% of the ice is floating. That means it would have no effect on sea level. > > 38% is resting on ground. However a lot of that is below sea level and > would that portion would actually lower sea level if as it melts. The > portion above sea level would increase the sea level however. So we can > ignor any ice that is below sea level at this time which thins the part > we are talking about by nearly 9000 feet. I see no analysis of the > percentage of the ice this applies to.
Are you seriously suggesting that the mean ground level in Antarctica is 9000 feet below sea level? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
