OFF: FLOODS ARE COMING

[M Holmes]

Robert C. Mayo writes:

> and even if it were true that the ice caps will melt, etc, why would that
> cause flooding, necessarily? when the ice in a glass of icewater melts,the
> glass doesn't overflow; the 'new' water takes up (nearly) the same space as
> the ice that it used to be...did.

Good analysis but I have Bad News: while the arctic ice is sea ice, most
of the antarctic ice is on a shelf, as are the mountain glaciers. What
happens if you have a full glass with ice on a soap dish above it, and
then you melt the ice?

FoFP