re: Melting arctic means opportunity... and possible conflict

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The volume of water in the oceans is 1.37 billion kilometers cubed. That's 1.37 billion billion meters cubed.

So if the ocean temperature increases by 1 degree celsius the volume expansion of water is 287.7 kilometers cubed. Sounds like a lot, but...

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off by 1000:


1371 10^6 * .00021 = 287700 not 287.7

I get 38 inches using .00015 for 1 degree.

That said, shame on the IPCC for not describing what their charts mean & how they are derived.

Thermal expansion is considered the major player.

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I think simple math fails on such a large scale of the earth.

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Then astronomy is fricking doomed, isn't it?

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What happens to the earth underneath as the ice melts? does it rise forcing the water higher? Does the earth under the ocean sink just a bit in reaction to the additional water depth? And what about everything else???? Does it force earthquakes and volcanoes to explode? How does it affect the earths rotation? Do days get longer as more mass is concentrated at the center axis?

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fricking magnets, how do they work?

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That said, shame on the IPCC for not describing what their charts mean & how they are derived.

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You want them to hold your hand?