Gerard is exactly right with ice floating on the water, he is just wrong about ice on land.
However, he makes a good point, how much of the melt actually goes to the sea and how much remains in lakes --- On Sat, 3/27/10, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 11:57 AM > I am amazed about how ignorance comes > through to muddy a attempt to > intelligently discuss a topic. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gérard Lochon" <[email protected]> > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 6:34 AM > Subject: Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans > > > > You know about Archimède, buoyancy, and so on. > > Practical application : you put an ice cube in a glass, > then fill the glass > of water. > When the ice has melted, does the glass overflow ? > > So, how can melting ice in the sea submerge as much lands > as heard nowadays > ? > > Gérard. > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] > > _______________________________________________ > 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/5ccf0ef8ce5f4ac99977e9e583d08...@dual > ** 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
