Thermal Expansion is the keyAs well as the fact that a large proportion of the ice is currently on land as water heats it expands. a significant amount of the rise in Sea level will be due to the heating of the water that is already liquid.
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Thu 18 Jan 2007, 10:16,
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Yeah, i like this point.I'll discuss this with the kids later on.
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NinjaBadger hides in the bushes and gives you TB.,
Thu 18 Jan 2007, 10:20,
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but it's gonna 'heat' a few degrees Cnot a few dozen, i don't think water would expand THAT much as it 'heats' from global warming, is it?
i thought one of the major points of water being the 'key to life' is that it can absorb a lot of heat energy without changing very much - helps to keep biological systems at a more constant temperature.
(i thought one of the major points of water being the 'key to life' is that it can absorb a lot of heat energy without changing very much - helps to keep biological systems at a more constant temperature.
Seventh is somewhat subdued,
Thu 18 Jan 2007, 10:24,
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