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Melting so much ice in such a short time without some kind of a dam made of not-ice is physically unimaginable. Water has soooo much heat capacity it'd take hun
by baq 1y ago
Melting so much ice in such a short time without some kind of a dam made of not-ice is physically unimaginable. Water has soooo much heat capacity it'd take hundreds of years unless we're talking about a yellowstone or deccan traps eruption under the south pole or something (haven't done the math, but I'm not sure if it'd be enough).
- shaboinkin 1y agoSomething like this already happened relatively recently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_floods?wprov=sfti1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missoula_floods?wprov=sfti1
- api 1y agoThe water is already liquid. It’s just held back by an ice dam that fails. That’s what I meant by glacial dams.