i think global warming wont raise the sea level. because ice has more volume than water. what do yo think?

Answer 1

that would be true for the ice at say the north pole.

i believe the problem arises when you consider the ice sheets covering the land masses of greenland and antarctica. that ice is not floating, so in its frozen state it's not displacing water.

Answer 2

It is true that your glass of ice water has the same water level as that same glass with the ice cubes melted. However, global warming would cause more land ice (glaciers, antarctica, greenland, etc.) to melt & less land ice to form increasing the overall water (liquid state) in the world and thus raising the sea level. A very small fraction of that should be negated, though, by the fact that warmer air can hold more water vapor.

Answer 3

Actually, the sea level is ALREADY rising! Some small islands in the Pacific have already gone underwater.

This is due to the fact that large volumes of ice are located on land, but when they melt, they end up in the sea and increase its volume.

Answer 4

Global warming increases the surface temperature and ice starts to melt, so it increases the sea level, amt of water evaported is less when compared to amt of ice melts.. this is the simple way to explain

Answer 5

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Answer 6

actually,explanations given about the ice at the poles melting and causes sea level to rise doesn't bring abt any logic! When the earth is warmer,rate of evaportaion is faster therefore the sea levek won't rise till it causes flood to low lands! ain't this logical? I dunt get how those smart scientist came about this explanation...

Answer 7

the tihing is there is a good portion of ice that is above sea level and not resting on the ocean (ice displaces its mass in water, so melting ice floating in water will not raise waterlevel). if and when this ice melts to water, it will put more water in the ocean, and therefore rais the sea level.

Answer 8

Watch Al Gore's movie. He explained it much better than we can.

The sea level will rise.

Answer 9

Global warming my azz, it's freezing over here!!!!!!