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[jdaggett at gate.net]

Melting Sea Ice will not raise the sea level one inch. It is melting 
glacieral Ice that will raise sea levels. Yes there is enough ice on 
Antartica, Greenland and Siberia to raise water levels should they 
completely melt. 

Test

put two ice cubes in a glass of water so that they float. Mark the 
level of water in the glass. After the ice melts measure the water 
level again. It will not change. Why? In solid form sea ice has 
displaced the amount of water by the volume of the ice. As the ice 
melts it displaces less water. The melt fills the vaccum of displaced 
water and the water level remains the same. 

james

On 21 Sep 2005 at 22:19, Gene Heskett wrote:

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> There is 18.something percent less sea ice in the arctic
> than ever before at this time of the year right now.  Normally it
> recovers during the long arctic winter nights, it has not measurably
> recovered for 3 years now.  Global sea levels, if all the ice sheets
> melt, will be raised by 7 to 9 meters.  Greenland will finally be
> green.  Iceland might have to change its name.  Holland, if they want
> to survive, will need to raise the top of their dikes by that amount,
> ditto for New Orleans since Lake Ponchartrain will become part of the
> much enlarged Gulf of Mexico.