I have a science question?
If you fill a large glass with ice, then fill it to the top with water, as the ice melts how long will it take for the glass to start overflowing?
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Pinkstarburst · F
It will not rise; however, after the ice in the glass melts, if more melted ice (water) is added, the glass will over flow. Glaciers are ice formations on land masses. They are not currently in water. As they melt, they will increase the volume of the ocean.
It’s much like snow melting from mountains in the spring that create flooding in rivers, destroying land masses. It’s why many dams have been built. They “protect” human encroachment.
It’s much like snow melting from mountains in the spring that create flooding in rivers, destroying land masses. It’s why many dams have been built. They “protect” human encroachment.
TexChik · F
@Pinkstarburst The water rise from land based glaciers would be negligible, however the left claims its the floating Ice pack that will make the ocean levels rise. They never talk about the natural rise and fall of land masses due to geological reasons. They only say the water is rising. And that your money will stop it.
Pinkstarburst · F
@TexChik But you asked a science question. Not a political question. I don’t really care what either side says about it. Global warming is a natural occurrence of our planet. It’s happening with or without human cause. The sooner the masses realize and educate themselves the better everyone will be. Personally? I’m exhausted and discouraged that people, in general, take all of their common sense cues from politicians.
TexChik · F
@Pinkstarburst My point was that many people fail to use the basic science they know to be true to filter through the bullshit some political factions wish to claim. Climate change is and always will be in flux. The earth "wobbles" on its axis varying the areas that take most of the solar radiation and thereby changing weather patterns. The sun, which is the provider of all that radiation also is in a state of flux. Currently the sun is supposedly in a "cooling phase", which means fewer solar flares and solar surface activity. When that happened in the 70's a certain political faction claimed a manmade ice age was happening and they needed money to stop it. Of the 41 disasters claimed to be swooping down on us because we are destroying the planet (by the same political faction), not one has even remotely happened.