Gérard Lochon wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ricardo Aráoz" <[email protected]> > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans > >> Ok, let's see. If the ice is floating freely in the see then 1/8 of it's >> volume is above the sea, so as soon as the ice has melted that eighth is >> extra water. >> > > With less volume than the ice. > Still, extra water, isn't it?
> >> The real answer is that most ice >> is not floating in the sea, it is over land and when that ice melts it >> goes into the sea producing (...) a rise in the water level .... >> > > When glaciers melt, the water thus generated is fed from springs that > generate streams that flow into the sea. > A sea-level variation with such effects as shown should lead to a huge > increase in river flow. > Is this the case particularly found ?? > I wouldn't know, I'm not the one running these studies. But it would seem you know better than the ones doing it (running these studies). So why don't you apply for the job? I mean, you know so much about climatology and meteorology that they would certainly consider themselves lucky for having you aboard. Wouldn't they? --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ 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.
