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If Earth's ice caps' ice cover were to melt, how much landmass would that uncover? ice-cap - ice + water = ?
by dmos62 7y ago
If Earth's ice caps' ice cover were to melt, how much landmass would that uncover? ice-cap - ice + water = ?
- Kaiyou 7y agoAntarctica is about 150% the size of Europe.
- mr_toad 7y agoThe combination of melted ice and thermal expansion would mean that a lot of it would be flooded.
- mkl 7y agoThere is so much ice in Antarctica (up to 4776m thick! [1]) that a large amount of what seems like it would be land is actually below sea level (it's massively weighed down, and some would rebound over time [2]). Here are some estimates of what would be left at first: https://vectormap.info/vector-maps-manual/map-antarctica-without-ice/ https://vectormap.info/vector-maps-manual/map-antarctica-wit... and https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/pvqpg/the_archipelago_of_antarctica_without_ice_not/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/pvqpg/the_archipel... [1] http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/sea-ice/ice-sheet http://www.antarctica.gov.au/about-antarctica/environment/se... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-glacial_rebound