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Default Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrating


"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:44:43 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth:

Ignoramus13009 wrote:

If you have a vacation house in Florida, you may soon need a submarine
to visit it.


But on the bright side, Florida will quit screwing up elections


Did you guys forget? FACT: Most icebergs and shelves, plus the vast
majority of the Arctic region, are already displacing all the water
they're going to, so even if they melt completely, there will be ZERO
change in the sea level.

As to Florida, one can only hope.

--
All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring.
We must never, ever be boring.
-- Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999



I'm not sure its that simple:
1) What about thermal expansion causing the rise rather than the added
"melted ice"?
2) What if the ice that enters the water was coupled to land rather than
floating - surely this would increase depth?