The lakes are about as full as they have ever been. So all runoff will go into the oceans.
The ice sheet in Antartica is 9000 feet thick. It moves towards the sea at 33 feet per year. If all of it melts, the oceans will rise somewhere between 10 and 100 feet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans 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 _______________________________________________ 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/2da1f8eb858344369efd53c1b8df8...@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.
