from the article "It's fantastic... nothing like this had happened before Myrddyn Phillips"
Well apparently the sea level won't rise......according to the following science(key r= density of water, v1=volume of ice under water, v2= volume of water when ice melting down)buoyancy force=rgv1the ice cap is floatingso buoyancy force=mgso rgv1=mg, m=rv rv1=rv2 v1=v2so the volume of ice underneath the water is same as the total volume of water when ice cap melting down.....like an ice cube melting in a drink doesnt cause the level to rise.
Penny ghent's my biggest tick
Quote from: Banana finger on September 19, 2008, 10:41:39 amWell apparently the sea level won't rise......according to the following science(key r= density of water, v1=volume of ice under water, v2= volume of water when ice melting down)buoyancy force=rgv1the ice cap is floatingso buoyancy force=mgso rgv1=mg, m=rv rv1=rv2 v1=v2so the volume of ice underneath the water is same as the total volume of water when ice cap melting down.....like an ice cube melting in a drink doesnt cause the level to rise. but most of the greenland icecaps (ditto those in the antarctic) are on land.....so those people living the the vast flat wasteland east of donny can't relax just yet.dust, anybody, no? dust, anybody, no?
Quote from: Banana finger on September 19, 2008, 10:41:39 amPenny ghent's my biggest tickFor a more sick tick traversing into Whernside from Pen-Y-Ghent and then finishing up Inglebrough is a classic endurance test piece. Requires super syke and immense radness.
It rained on them while they were measuring and everything
Some of the melt water may well be stored in areas of the ocean that was once occupied by warmer less dense water which has a larger volume per unit mass, causing no overall increase in sea level. However the height of the mountain may still rise in relation to the sea level due to isostatic rebound of the Earth's crust after the removal of the ice sheet.