Nature: Antarctica Is Melting From Below

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10. The heat hitting Antarctica is NOT enough to cause water to boil

That requires at least 100 degrees Centigrade (212 Fahrenheit). Thus the only cause for such boiling has to be heat generated locally, and that means volcano or other lava source.

All I was pointing out was the heat hitting Antarctica is NOT enough to produce boiling water. At the same time, the heat that is reaching Antarctica can cause the ice cap to melt (and in the case of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt so they ceased being grounded to the floor of the ocean and float).

If the whole West Antarctic Ice Sheet should melt enough to float, world wide sea level will increase at least five meters (or about 15-18 feet). To get that all we need is temperatures ABOVE Freezing and there is more and more evidence that is what is happening in the ice Shelves and to a degree the ice Sheets. 33 degree Fahrenheit water is enough to cause that to happen, you do NOT need 212 degree water to melt ice.

My point is the volcanoes are a factor, but the main factor, as I pointed out in my previous thread, was the exchange of warmer water from the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans. When it comes to boiling water, the best explanation is a volcano, but the main threat to the Antarctic, as I pointed out in my previous thread, is the gradual warming of the Ice Sheets.