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yella_dawg

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Thu Jan-27-05 06:17 PM
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30. Ummm....

Water expands when if freezes. Thus ice floats. The frozen bit has the same mass as the water it displaces. Once it melts, the water level doesn't change.

I hope I never have to say this again as long as I live, but the freeper was right.

The problem is the Antarctic ice sheet (that sits on land). Greenland ice sheet. That kind of stuff. Plus, all the fresh water released into the Gulf Stream by the Arctic ice melting.

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