What will happen to the earth if the iceberg in the Antarctica and Arctic melting away...?

Answer 1

sea levels will rise, less sunlight will be reflected back into space accelerating the heating process. The ocean will be reduced in its concentration of salt, disrupting the gulf stream. After that who knows, ask a climatologist, they get paid to do this sh*t

Answer 2

It is a common mistake to think that the sealevels would rise if both the ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic melted. The ice in the arctic is in the form of icebergs and is essentially floating in the water, the ice in the Antarctic is part of a landmass. Because ice is less dense than water, it floats on top. Ice also has a greater volume than just water. Because of this, when the iceberg melt the sealevel will actually fall, not rise. However, the ice in the Antarctic is not part of the oceanic system and therefore addition of water from that melting ice would raise the sealevel.

Answer 3

Of course if all the ice on Antarctica melts, the ocean levels will rise. The east Antarctic ice sheet (the big one that covers two thirds of the continent) is growing thicker. It's been there for at least 250 million years and has persisted through far warmer periods than the IPCC projections of global warming. But isn't it fun to build climate models that project this whole mass of ice melting in like, 100 years, just to scare the crap out of people?
The western Antarctic ice sheet is much younger (100,000's of years), and appears to be melting. Most of the ice is over water, so it won't raise ocean levels too much. The "smoking gun" on climate change in this area is the Larsen B ice shelf, which is definitely breaking up. The fear is that if it goes, then the whole rest of the western shelf will slide into the ocean. But the Larsen B shelf is a baby in geologic terms, and the rest of the Western shelf stayed put before it formed, but again, it's fun to play "what if" without worrying too much about the facts.
We've been coming out of an ice age for the last 10,000 years and we can expect the climate to continue to warm up. Most of the western hemisphere's glaciers are melting, and this will raise ocean levels. Mankind is adding carbon to the atmosphere that hasn't been around for millions of years, so we are having some influence on the climate, but the big question is how much? Climate models seem to assume that we'll continue to pump more and more carbon into the air, but the sad truth is, we're running out of the stuff. I think the end of cheap fossil fuels is a bigger threat to us. Never mind global warming, we have to find renewable energy before our petroleum reserves give out.

Answer 4

There would be millions of excesses gallons of fresh water flooding into the salt water oceans. Many species of marine organisms would die off, the climate would see a drastic change as the climate is altered by the conditions of the ocean current. This would make hot parts of the world even hotter and others even colder. Africa would see hell-like tempatures resulting in plant and animal life dying off in that part of the world due to the lack of water. London would be unreliable cold. The seasons would have drastic changes as well. All and all, the world would be a much different place.

This is why so many people are all hyped up about the global warming phenomenon. But don't go by your snow shoes too quickly, the Artic couldn't melt, even if the conditions were allowing it do (as it is it's not completely melting away, only certain sections), for over 60 years at least. Plus that is assuming that natural gas pollutant continued to mess up the ozone on a regular basis--it'll more than likely run out by that time.

Answer 5

Well, obviously, if the polar ice caps melt, then sea levels will rise globally.

By how much? Well, I suggest you make you own guess - which is all anybody else is doing really. No one actually *knows*. Scientists are making estimates, but "estimate" is just another word for "guess".

More important is the fact that, despite countless scare-mongers clamouring on about it for years, the Antarctic ice is *not* melting. Even the IPCC have finally admitted to that fact in their latest report. See the bottom of page 6 of the IPCC latest Summary for Policymakers - http://media.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/av/dn11088D1.pdf)

Oh, and there is evidence that the Arctic was as warm as it is today back in the 1930's.

So, as always with global warming...

DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.

Answer 6

The ice caps have been melting for quite some time, it's not new. Glaciers here in Alaska have been withdrawing for the better part of a generation. The last ice age ended 10,000 years ago and the sheet of ice that covered most of North America began to recede. That was a result of global warming but it was not brought on by humans burning fossil fuels contrary to what Al Gore might have us believe. The point is this is a natural cycle and there is nothing we can do to control it. Ice will continue to melt, sea levels will rise along with temperatures... stuff happens!

Answer 7

if ice is in the sea there will be little change because that ice is already taking up space in the ocean, the only effetc that would have is that warmer water expands so it would cause sea levels to rise by a tiny amount. if the ice melts off land into the water sea levels will rise dramatically and flood many lower land areas of the globe, such as bangladesh, the netherlands etc

Answer 8

okay. all those penguins and polarbears will have nothing to stand on and will drown and die. the spot where i am typing these words will be under water. and it's the result of global warming.
i saw this show on the palentologists found out how almost all the marine life an the other stuff died out in the permian era. it's global warming, but the carbon dioxide were obviosly not from cars and stuff. it came from the volcanos around what's now russia. the carbon dioxide it spills out goes into the greenhouse gasses. the teamperatures get hotter and the ocean does, as well. warm water has a lower ability to keep oxygen and other gases dissolved in it,( try imagining soda) so all the oxygen bubbles out, and then, boom, most of the kindom animalia is wiped out under water. then, there's this kind of microorganism that thives in places where there is no oxygen and lots of water. they produce this kind of gas, hydrochloric something.... and it fills the ocean, killing more stuff. eventually, the bubbles floats to the surface and the caustic, toxic gas is released into the air, so even life on land starts to perish.
well, that's the theory. you can belive it if you want, but if global warming isnt halted, it would happen to us, too, and maybe even faster if all those volcanos (now mostly inactive) starts becoming active again, then we're doomed, so why are those car companies still advertising and trying to make us buy cars? why is china and india trying to sieze the wold market instead of trying to not end the world.

Answer 9

the ice in the North Pole makes not much difference ,as is is in the water already,
apart from the fact that a lot of sweet water is lost
93 %of all Earths water is salt,7 % is sweet of this sweet water 75% is locked in ice ,in the poles ,glaziers and mountain snow.

the ice from green land ,Antarctica ,and the mountains all runs into the sea raising the level as well as the loss of that quality water
already much of this ice is melting and already thousands of hectares are in the mud

Answer 10

If the Antarctic and the Artic both melt completely they have estimated that the sea's water level would raise 32 feet all over the world.

Answer 11

HOT phew... sooooo hoooot

we'll be flodded like poor old south africa, its been floddin on the news :l) hahahaha

seriously the water will be rising untill flodded houses or worse..

god.. pleeeeeeeease dont let this happen!

unless a turn into a fish from "the reef" (boy one)

i had a dream bout it.. i was almost that fish.. fish feet, not stuck together

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