RE: Only nuclear power can now halt global warming

[Doug Aitken <daitken@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com>]

At 12:11 PM 5/24/2004 -0700, Riely, Brian P. wrote:

>In the reference article, it states:

>"...the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which will raise global sea 

>levels significantly..."

>

>  On a simplistic level, when a chuck of ice that is floating in a glass 

> of water melts, the water level does not rise; so, why would the melting 

> of the Greenland ice sheet cause sea levels to rise significantly 

> everywhere. I can think of several scenarios where the above would be 

> true--for example, the earth's surface has changed such that the 

> gravitational potential that initially held the water in Greenland would 

> no longer hold the water--but they would be just made up stories.  Does 

> anyone know the reason why professor Lovelock 's statement is true?







I guess because it is assumed that not all the ice sheet is free floating. 

If it is supported by a land mass, any melting will cause an increase in 

water level.



Doug





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