On the other side of the globe, researchers have found that the Canadian Arctic Ice Sheet has lost 90% of its size since 1900.(2) What is left has broken into three giant pieces, and it is feared that the remaining ice shelf will disintegrate within the next few years.
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1) Ocean salinity evidence of climate change: researchers, 4/17/08
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2) Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, Largest In Northern Hemisphere, Has Fractured Into Three Main Pieces, 4/16/08
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Volume matters
24.04.2008 23:22
Melting ice REDUCES in volume in my experience
This should result in a slight reduction in sea levels
Good for Bangla Desh and the Netherlands imo
dh
not dh
25.04.2008 06:26
cmon its not that complicated
dh think about it
er, dhy
25.04.2008 13:58
this news is frightening
DaanSaaf
GCSE
25.04.2008 15:20
If the ice is free floating, as at the Arctic, then there is no change in sea level at all when it melts. This is because the ice displaces its own weight of water, and when it melts, is still the same weight (Archimedes). If the water then warms from 0oC to 4oC, the sea level actually drops very slightly, followed by a rise if the water warms beyond 4oC.
If the ice is on land, as with the Antarctic or Greenland, then sea levels rise.
However, sea levels have been rising for some thousands of years. It is not so long since the Channel and the North Sea were above sea level.
a scientist
Also don't forget
26.04.2008 15:56
Tom A