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[pyro38]

If ice was floating in a tank of water. The ice melts, would the level of water in the tank rise, fall or reminan inchanged?

Also, if the Artic polar cap were to melt, what would happen to the sea level?

Any ideas?

JP

[Andrei]

pyro,

I am considering your first question rhetoric; I cannot believe that you don't know the answer. With the second question you want to imply that the two conditions (ice floating in a water tank and polar icecaps allegedly floating on the planetary ocean) are similar when in fact they are different. I have to remind you that the South polar cap is on land, Antarctica, and the North polar cap is anchored to the land both on North American and Eurasian continents.
So, when ice is melting in a glass of water the water level is always falling, while if the polar caps will melt (I hope Providence will protect us against such thing) the sea level will rise.