[Phys-L] Iceberg melting and sea level rise

[Savinainen Antti <antti.savinainen@kuopio.fi>]

Hi,

John C. stated a that "But iceberg melting does not contribute to sea level rise.". Here is a link to a paper which challenges this idea:
<http://scitation.aip.org/content/aapt/journal/tpt/48/5/10.1119/1.3393068>

A short excerpt from the abstract: 

":..the sea level will rise. The analysis shows the wrong conventional answer [such as the statement above] is due to the wrong assumption that water from a melted iceberg has the same density as seawater."

The argument seems convincing and the demonstration does work. Any counter-arguments?

Cheers,

Antti Savinainen, PhD
Finland
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