I-90 Closure today...In SD

[OntarioVanMan]

There is a significant amount of ice covering Greenland, which would add another 7 meters (20 feet) to the oceans if it melted. Because Greenland is closer to the equator than Antarctica, the temperatures there are higher, so the ice is more likely to melt.

A U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report in 2007 forecast a sea level rise of 18-59 cms (7-24 inches) by 2100 but did not take into account the possible increasing melt of Greenland and Antarctica.

A study last week forecast global sea levels to rise by up to 2 meters by 2100.

 

[layoutshooter]

The Greenland ice is land ice, not sea ice. Check again, floating ice has already displaced all the water it is going too. Melting 100% of floating sea ice will not raise ocean levels. Melting land ice will. Much of the ice is growing, not melting.

 

[cheri1122]

Wicked wind across 40 through eastern NM & the Texas panhandle. I think I passed TeamCaffee heading west - if so, they might have a tailwind, cos it was a headwind for me....

 

[OntarioVanMan]

The Greenland ice is land ice, not sea ice. Check again, floating ice has already displaced all the water it is going too. Melting 100% of floating sea ice will not raise ocean levels. Melting land ice will. Much of the ice is growing, not melting.

Ice selves once they break off and fall into the water will rise the sea level a bit due to displacement...

At the present rate of melt I expect a lot of inland movement..and my real estate value will increase...*L*

 

[layoutshooter]

Only if they came off of land. Like that big self that broke off of Anarctica, that was already floating ice, not land based ice. It broke loose. Why? Many theories out there. One of theme is warming. One of them says that the Antartic glacier fields are growing faster than normal. That would force that shelf to break off since that land ice is flowing towards the ocean reguardless of how cold it is. That ice, when it melts, will not raise ocean levels..

 

[Dabus1952]

Good old Sioux Falls. Gosh I remember when Sioux Falls was really small.There use to be a small resturant there.(might have been called melting pot) Had the best Chilli and Pie in town.Of course there was John Morrel Meats.One of the bigger trucking firms there was MCT.Who could forget Fenn Brothers Candy and Ice Cream .Was talking to a buddy tonight ,and he had went to DOTSouthDakota and you could see the map and live shots of Interstate 90.


BY the Way where the heck is Wall Drug

 

[layoutshooter]

Check out this page, simple kids experiment to explain the difference between floating ice vs. land ice and the relationship to rising ocean levels.

POLAR-PALOOZA - Differential Effects of Melting Ice Sheets

 

[OntarioVanMan]

Good old Sioux Falls. Gosh I remember when Sioux Falls was really small.There use to be a small resturant there.(might have been called melting pot) Had the best Chilli and Pie in town.Of course there was John Morrel Meats.One of the bigger trucking firms there was MCT.Who could forget Fenn Brothers Candy and Ice Cream .Was talking to a buddy tonight ,and he had went to DOTSouthDakota and you could see the map and live shots of Interstate 90.


BY the Way where the heck is Wall Drug

In Wall SD....

 

[Dabus1952]

I really Know were Wall Drug is lol The newest Bumper Sticker is Where the Heck is Wall Drug . or there is one that says Have You Hugged Wall Drug. They must be up grading there bumper stickers. Old green and white were boring I guess. Cant beat that 5 cent coffee and a free cup of water tho .