[Phys-L] Re: A "simple" physics problem?

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

> On Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:10 PM, Vickie Frohne wrote:
>
> > Any rise in the ocean levels due to global warming will be
> > due to ice that's currently on land (ice sheets in Greenland
> > or Antarctica). Melting sea ice (i.e. the north polar ice
> > cap)will not contribute to the rise in sea level because
> > floating sea ice is already displacing ocean water.


To which, Robert Cohen responded with this comment:

> That assumes there is no heavier-than-water object resting on (or in)
> the ice?

I see that David Bellamy (Conservation Foundation, London) has written:
"...556 of all the 625 glaciers under observation by the World Glacier
Monitoring Service in Zurich, Switzerland have been growing since 1980.
...it can be explained by the 0.6 degC rise in temperature of the past
century or so...enough to evaporate billions of tonnes of extra water
vapour up into the air."



Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!
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