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Originally Posted by rockfan4
Nobody wants to check their math?
A quick google search says the surface area of the ocean is 360 million square kilometers, the surface area of the Antarctic ice sheet is 14 million square kilometers. How thick would the thickness of the sheet have to be to raise the ocean 3m ?
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Quick calc: 45 meters.
That is assuming land based ice mass, not ice that is already floating ie: Ross Sea ice shelf.
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Les