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See levels are rising
by echevil 9y ago
See levels are rising
- Someone 9y agoYes, but it is only a small contribution. Most of Earth’s liquid water already is in oceans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_distribution_on_Earth#Distribution_of_saline_and_fresh_water https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_distribution_on_Earth#Di...: - Oceans 96,5% - Antarctic ice sheet 1,56% - Lakes 0,013% https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_ice_sheet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_ice_sheet: “Approximately 61 percent of all fresh water on the Earth is held in the Antarctic ice sheet, an amount equivalent to about 58 m of sea-level rise.” ⇒ completely emptying all lakes in the world into the sea would rise sea levels by half a meter or so.