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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 269334" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>I see so you really think there is no correlation between the sun and temperature of the earth. You also say that volcanic eruptions are to blame for the initial warming of the earth but now they have no effect.</p><p></p><p>Just a summary the hottest body in our galaxy has nothing to do with the temperature of the earth. Volcanos at one time had something to do with it but not since the invention of the automobile.</p><p></p><p>One could look at the entire question this way. What is the surface area of all the planet Earth's oceans? Keeping it simple, assume that all the coastlines are completely vertical. To raise the surface by 20 feet, and ignoring the expansion due to freezing, how many cubic miles of ice need to melt to accomplish this?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just about four seconds to figure this out. Give me two minutes to type it in.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Area of water: 139,668,500 square miles (361,740,000 km²), equals 71% of the total surface of the Earth.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>1 Mile Square = 27,878,400 square feet</p><p></p><p>1 cubic mile = 147,197,952,000 cubic feet</p><p></p><p>convert square miles to square feet</p><p>139,668,500 sq miles of water x 27,878,400 =</p><p></p><p>3,893,734,310,400,000. Sq ft of water</p><p></p><p>X 20 foot increase in height</p><p></p><p>77,874,686,208,000,000. CUBIC FEET of water</p><p></p><p>Divide by 147,197,952,000 to get cubic miles</p><p></p><p>529,047.35 CUBIC Miles of arctic ice would have to melt to produce a 20 foot increase in the height of the oceans.</p><p></p><p>the following fact is from:</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070805134437/http://www.hotfact.com/facts-about-the-north-pole.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20070805134437/http://www.hotfact.com/facts-about-the-north-pole.html</a></p><p></p><p>• The ice at the North Magnetic Pole has no land under it. The Arctic ice cap floats. It is 2 to 3 meters (6.5 to 10 feet) deep and is the size of the United States during the winter months. Half of this ice melts in the summer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The united states is appx 2,881,016 square miles</p><p>X 27,878,400 = 80,318,116,454,400 square feet</p><p></p><p>80,318,116,454,400 square feet at 10 feet it is 803,181,164,544,000 cubic feet</p><p>803,181,164,544,000 / 147,197,952,000 =</p><p></p><p>5456.5 cubic miles is the size of the arctic ice cap</p><p></p><p></p><p>529,047.35 / 5456.5 = 96.96</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The equivalent of 97 arctic ice caps would have to melt to produce a 20 feet increase in the heights of the oceans</p><p></p><p></p><p>I know Jones it sounds better to you if you just do not check your facts. Another one is that the glacier in Greenland has been melting for 100 years. For a period before that it was expanding. While you do your "fact check on the internet" see if you can figure out how many ice caps there are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 269334, member: 8259"] I see so you really think there is no correlation between the sun and temperature of the earth. You also say that volcanic eruptions are to blame for the initial warming of the earth but now they have no effect. Just a summary the hottest body in our galaxy has nothing to do with the temperature of the earth. Volcanos at one time had something to do with it but not since the invention of the automobile. One could look at the entire question this way. What is the surface area of all the planet Earth's oceans? Keeping it simple, assume that all the coastlines are completely vertical. To raise the surface by 20 feet, and ignoring the expansion due to freezing, how many cubic miles of ice need to melt to accomplish this? Just about four seconds to figure this out. Give me two minutes to type it in. Area of water: 139,668,500 square miles (361,740,000 km²), equals 71% of the total surface of the Earth. 1 Mile Square = 27,878,400 square feet 1 cubic mile = 147,197,952,000 cubic feet convert square miles to square feet 139,668,500 sq miles of water x 27,878,400 = 3,893,734,310,400,000. Sq ft of water X 20 foot increase in height 77,874,686,208,000,000. CUBIC FEET of water Divide by 147,197,952,000 to get cubic miles 529,047.35 CUBIC Miles of arctic ice would have to melt to produce a 20 foot increase in the height of the oceans. the following fact is from: [url]https://web.archive.org/web/20070805134437/http://www.hotfact.com/facts-about-the-north-pole.html[/url] • The ice at the North Magnetic Pole has no land under it. The Arctic ice cap floats. It is 2 to 3 meters (6.5 to 10 feet) deep and is the size of the United States during the winter months. Half of this ice melts in the summer. The united states is appx 2,881,016 square miles X 27,878,400 = 80,318,116,454,400 square feet 80,318,116,454,400 square feet at 10 feet it is 803,181,164,544,000 cubic feet 803,181,164,544,000 / 147,197,952,000 = 5456.5 cubic miles is the size of the arctic ice cap 529,047.35 / 5456.5 = 96.96 The equivalent of 97 arctic ice caps would have to melt to produce a 20 feet increase in the heights of the oceans I know Jones it sounds better to you if you just do not check your facts. Another one is that the glacier in Greenland has been melting for 100 years. For a period before that it was expanding. While you do your "fact check on the internet" see if you can figure out how many ice caps there are. [/QUOTE]
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