/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15742611
A straw man argument is not refutation.

>>15732346
Icebergs aren't entirely submerged. The weight of an iceberg displaces a certain volume of water. The iceberg will rise or fall until the total mass of displaced water is equal to the total mass of the iceberg. Since the entire mass of an iceberg is equal to the mass of displaced ocean, this means that when a /floating/ piece of ice melts, it will not affect the water line.
Tl;dr >>15732367
Caveat 1: Liquid water expands as its temperature increases, pic related. The effect is relatively tiny, like a fraction of a percent, but the oceans are very deep, so even a fraction of a percent increase in volume can cause the sea level to rise a few feet.
Caveat 2: Not all ice is in the ocean.