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61. Huge amount of ice on land in both poles.

Reply to johnnytoobad (Reply #18)

Mon Jul 2, 2012, 08:12 AM

Jul 2012

If it melts, yes, the sea level will rise.

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Rise in sea level can't be stopped: scientists [View all] MindMover Jul 2012 OP

Beachfront property here in Raleigh? hmmm NRaleighLiberal Jul 2012 #1

Oil interests will see to it that we consume every last drop closeupready Jul 2012 #2

Seems we are so busy trying to slow it, why are no energy or resources being utilized to Lionessa Jul 2012 #3

People will relocate as they already do ... Trajan Jul 2012 #6

Slow... RobertEarl Jul 2012 #15

if ice melts in the sea johnnytoobad Jul 2012 #18

Not quite PSPS Jul 2012 #19

The term you want to google is "Specific gravity of water" AtheistCrusader Jul 2012 #27

previous ocean cover SoulSearcher Jul 2012 #33

Good questions XemaSab Jul 2012 #45

Oh, those got there from the biblical flood snooper2 Jul 2012 #67

Not if the ice was on a mountain, and not already in the sea. (nt) w4rma Jul 2012 #43

Huge amount of ice on land in both poles. ehrnst Jul 2012 #61

Correct me if i'm wrong--The North pole has no land mass johnnytoobad Jul 2012 #73

No, but Greenland does... GliderGuider Jul 2012 #76

Correct - it's the south pole. (nt) ehrnst Jul 2012 #77

Not just ice... Javaman Jul 2012 #63

That sort of thinking is laced with Koch Kennah Jul 2012 #75

People are already at work on that, there is even a floating island made from trash in here. 2on2u Jul 2012 #7

Note how many of these floating cities and artificial islands are for the mega-rich! LongTomH Jul 2012 #12

the mega rich who bought islands for themselves will soon be under water wordpix Jul 2012 #39

Awesome! SoulSearcher Jul 2012 #35

These are floating fortresses of evil, and only one man can help us fight them. Chef Eric Jul 2012 #60

What higher ground since they are mountain top mining and removing.... glinda Jul 2012 #50

Best settle for slowing down then. dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #4

OK folks, let's evolve and grow gills LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #5

This will now be the new RW argument. DCBob Jul 2012 #8

6) it's too late, but don't worry, future generations will adapt. Amonester Jul 2012 #31

they can eat the oil and gas, too, as far as I'm concerned wordpix Jul 2012 #40

yes indeed.. that will be the final fatal argument... DCBob Jul 2012 #42

The collapse is near: the final argument was made Friday by... Amonester Jul 2012 #56

but but... it can be outlawed in the Carolinas! villager Jul 2012 #9

huh? I thought it was already banned in Virginia? magical thyme Jul 2012 #10

It sure as hell could if people weren't determined to behave like spoiled children kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #11

Say goodby to the everglades Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #13

I'll be sitting on the porch waiting. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2012 #14

No, it tastes like reptile. Kinda fishy. stubtoe Jul 2012 #20

I used to live in a place with a lot of rattlesnakes. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #32

then there are the Burmese Pythons, Nile Monitors & other invasive species wordpix Jul 2012 #41

Sure it Can be Stopped On the Road Jul 2012 #16

Explain how it can be stopped? nt Javaman Jul 2012 #64

There are Different Methods On the Road Jul 2012 #65

What could possibly go wrong? slackmaster Jul 2012 #66

Well, We Can Continue the Current Course On the Road Jul 2012 #68

I haven't read of this: Trillo Jul 2012 #69

It Refers to Putting Farm Waste on Barges On the Road Jul 2012 #70

Time to start looting! nt ZombieHorde Jul 2012 #17

Personally I think we have passed the tipping point Marrah_G Jul 2012 #21

Weakest cuts: 139.4cm by 2300. That's 4 and a half feet. In the next 290 years. boppers Jul 2012 #22

well, for one thing... ret5hd Jul 2012 #24

I couldn't think of a better way to phrase it, but you are correct that it is altitude. boppers Jul 2012 #28

Well, we're going to have to, but it's going to be extremely painful along the way. yardwork Jul 2012 #29

They're more the types to plot the new coastlines and buy up that land for a song. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #34

See: New Orleans. boppers Jul 2012 #47

It's still a mass exodus caraher Jul 2012 #30

Forests sure can't keep up. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #36

What "entire island nation" was only 4 and a half feet above sea level? boppers Jul 2012 #46

The Maldives caraher Jul 2012 #57

I imagine it's up to us to begin dealing with this in the here and now LanternWaste Jul 2012 #71

Ya know, you're right tkmorris Jul 2012 #48

Some island tribes are having to move already Marrah_G Jul 2012 #62

I look forward to our species having gills once again. zonkers Jul 2012 #23

Not necessarily dipsydoodle Jul 2012 #25

"Can be slowed". but won't be. Speck Tater Jul 2012 #26

Doom and Gloom does not move people to act/change icare4u Jul 2012 #37

Bit of a kneejerk response there intaglio Jul 2012 #54

I can see how this is going to go down. sofa king Jul 2012 #38

Michigan looks better and better FrodosPet Jul 2012 #44

Is that why the Repubs are making people move from there? So they can move in? glinda Jul 2012 #51

Yeah, but the great lakes are rapidly being tapped out and polluted. Sirveri Jul 2012 #59

Sea level rise is a minor problem with global warming. Crop failures are what will kill billions NickB79 Jul 2012 #49

Yes. And ocean acidification is a much bigger threat than rising water levels. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #55

Acidification is also yet another reason "geoengineering" is no solution caraher Jul 2012 #58

It's literally a perfect storm and sea level rise will greatly damage the economy of most nations if Uncle Joe Jul 2012 #79

Better Learn to Swim... solarman350 Jul 2012 #52

Heh.... you said "tool" and "learn to swim", very coincidental or you are a Tool fan. 2on2u Jul 2012 #72

vids 0rganism Jul 2012 #74

Al Gore Needs To Do An Update To Inconvenient Truth.....nt global1 Jul 2012 #53

North Carolina Republicans stopped it.....nt Evasporque Jul 2012 #78