quade 4 #76 August 10, 2009 QuoteQuote>Somewhat moderated by warmer air holding more water vapor. But also exacerbated by warmer water expanding. Ice floats....think about that for a minute The majority of ice on the planet is not sea ice.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,151 #77 August 10, 2009 QuoteQuote>Somewhat moderated by warmer air holding more water vapor. But also exacerbated by warmer water expanding. Ice floats....think about that for a minute Indeed. But from 4 degrees C to 100 degrees C liquid water expands. Did you have a point?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #78 August 12, 2009 Quote You two should get a room. You're so cute together. As oposed to somone (maybe like you) who hopes to maybe some day get a rock to agree to getting a room together? "America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhys 0 #79 August 12, 2009 Quote The article says nothing about changed gravitation fields or rotation. Right you are, I linked the wrong article, here is one that fits the bill. Quote The earth has a radius of 4000miles, and you're talking about the ice mass on the top 5 or 6 miles shifting down to sea level. It's not a huge amount, and this is a world that has had those sort of shifts take place before. I never said it would happen, just thrown another theory in the mix. Do you understand/Have you ever seen how a wheel balance is done? QuoteFrankly, this sounds like the same science you cite for 9/11 theories. We'll leave that debate for another thread. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #80 August 12, 2009 Take the total mass of the earth and divide that ice mass by the mass of the earth, pretty insignificant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #81 August 12, 2009 It would be like a speck of dirt on that wheel. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #82 August 12, 2009 QuoteDo you understand/Have you ever seen how a wheel balance is done? Do YOU realize you're talking about the equivalent of putting a weight on the axle hub and not the rim of the tire?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #83 August 12, 2009 QuoteQuote The article says nothing about changed gravitation fields or rotation. Right you are, I linked the wrong article, here is one that fits the bill. Ouch...resorting to second hand newspaper accounts of unnamed studies by a single professor in Bristol? Given the usual problems with journalists, it's impossible to tell if this is garbage or not. The one bit that struck me as particularly bad for this theory: *** The West Antarctic Ice Sheet – one of the three great ice sheets of the world – is often referred to as the "sleeping giant" because it is believed to be inherently unstable, given much of its base rests on rock that is below sea level. This is thought to make it vulnerable to melting and relatively rapid disintegration, said Professor Jonathan Bamber of Bristol University. *** If it's below sea level and melts, then higher density water will replace the ice, making the loss of this sheet much less of a concern than, say, the ice in Greenland. Which by the way is in the Northern Hemisphere, and would counteract this one. No detail on the significance (starting with quantity) of the change. The magnetic field of the earth has always been in flux, with mag North constantly drifting. The continents all use to be one big mass. The simplistic science behind The Day After Tomorrow (melting fresh water fucks with ocean currents) is a lot more compelling. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,151 #84 August 12, 2009 QuoteQuoteDo you understand/Have you ever seen how a wheel balance is done? Do YOU realize you're talking about the equivalent of putting a weight on the axle hub and not the rim of the tire? OK, but non uniform distribution of mass along the axis is what leads to lunisolar precession (an effect measurable even by the ancient Greeks). The Earth isn't a tire.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
