Is it true that the iceburgs can melt and wipe out half the earth, if global warming continues.?

Answer 1

No, that is not true, it would be impossible for that to occur even if CO2 levels were quadrupled.

Answer 2

Floating ice occupies more volume than the equivalent amount of water, so if anything sea levels will go down when icebergs melt. Do a test at home, Fill a bowl half full with water, add half a dozen ice cubes, mark the water level, wait for the ice to melt, you will see that the water level will be the same or lower. This is elementary physics as opposed to hysterical propaganda.
In the court case taken out against the Al Gore film in UK, the governments scientist was forced to admit that while the Arctic ice cap is melting, it is melting at a rate that will take several thousand years, and the Antarctic ice cap is getting colder and increasing, he also had to accept that while sea levels are increasing, the are expected to rise by only 40cm (15.75 inches) in the next century.
So, look at the science instead of listening to the politically biased activists

Answer 3

Global Warming is a natural trend that we can do nothing about. Just like the Ice Age was a natural trend making the earth grow colder so is Global warming simply making the earth warmer. Just like the seasons make the weather warmer or colder over the year so does these weather patterns over hundreds of years. It gets colder and then warmer then colder again. The earth must adapt to these changes and some animals will not survive and new animals will evolve but we are not in any way causing these changes.

Answer 4

mick t and mntazzy deserve thumbs up. Try the ice experiment. Also search for water density. Ice is less dense than water, that is why it floats in drinks. Plus all the water that has EVER existed is here today. According to conservation of mass, Hydrogen and Oxygen can not be created or distroyed! And stop drinking the Kool-Aid and check bias. Hmmmm. Democratic presidential candidate...former Vice President that did not sign Kyoto!.... Sounds like a "fair and balanced" reporter who is not being too alarmist just for votes.

Answer 5

It's true that icebergs can melt. Wipe out half the earth is not likely. In reality water expands when it freezes. Put water in a plastic bottle and cap it well. Put it in your freezer and see what happens. With this in mind, when all those icebergs melt they should reduce the volume of water rather than expanding the oceans.

Answer 6

Maybe we should transport those soon to be melting icebergs to areas where they need the water? Sorry, I guess the global warming caused hurricanes didn't happen for the second year in a row, and allow much needed rain to fill lakes.

Answer 7

They CAN melt, but it wouldn't wipe out half the Earth. Also, to be clear, the issue is not that an entire iceberg would melt, but that a part of it will. Melting icebergs can raise the sea level and they can also disrupt currents by injecting fresh water into salt water (fresh water is lighter than salt water)

Answer 8

Absolutely not. Even the IPCC (socialist group pushing Global Warming on the masses) does not claim this in their report. The iceberg "calamity" comes from the media using the images to incite fear in the masses.

Run to the sea lemmings! I will help the last one in.

Answer 9

Well yes! Look how many people were wiped out when the Titanic hit that iceberg. And that was when global warming was just starting!

Who knows how many more ships will be lost at sea now that more and more ice sheets are calving icebergs even bigger than the Titanic iceberg!

Wow! I think it's time to start a panic!

Answer 10

I don't know about half the earth, and I don't know that it's just icebergs (The icepack in the northern latitudes is getting thinner) But certainly a significant part of the dry land (Coastal Areas, lowlands, etc) would be gone.

Let's take a quick look at North America. A large portion of the west coast, Including virtually all of the coastal cities, would be gone. In the eat. New York, Most of New Jersey, much of New England including Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore would all be gone. Florida would be mostly gone, Louisiana mostly gone, New Orleans would be completely gone.

Human civilization mostly inhabits coastal areas, and river banks. So much of the infrastructure that fuels economies would disappear.

Perhaps more important would be the effect on the atmosphere. Higher global temperature means more water vapor in the air, and higher wind velocities. So storms will be more severe, adding to the woes of the coastal and riverside areas.

This won't happen over night, but the signs are there, and the damage has taken a hundred years to be recognized. This will take time to fix, so we need to start today.

Answer 11

Yes but only in Algores world of fantasy