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Loss of ice in the Arctic doesn't contribute to sea level rise because the ice in the Arctic floats, and melting an ice cube floating in water does not change t
by aetherson 8y ago
Loss of ice in the Arctic doesn't contribute to sea level rise because the ice in the Arctic floats, and melting an ice cube floating in water does not change the water level.
(Ice on Greenland is a different matter, but Greenland is a lot smaller than Antarctica.)
- rolph 8y agothis is correct however its not all sea ice. permafrost is melting and running off into the sea. the permafrost remnants, mostly silt subside but the lithostrat[bedrock] rebounds like a slow trampoline. this causes rate of permafrost melt and effluence to increase.