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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-27-09 04:24 PM
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8. The WAIS is continental, not oceanic
Edited on Mon Apr-27-09 04:24 PM by TechBear_Seattle
And it is currently considered the least stable continental ice sheet, which is why I selected it.
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  -Question: Likely effect of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsing? TechBear_Seattle  Apr-27-09 04:12 PM   #0 
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  - I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.  Systematic Chaos   Apr-27-09 04:16 PM   #3 
  - It would have to be larger than Manhattan to raise sea levels appreciably.  phantom power   Apr-27-09 04:17 PM   #4 
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  - Ice sheets over water don't raise ocean levels much  Warpy   Apr-27-09 04:18 PM   #5 
  - The WAIS is continental, not oceanic  TechBear_Seattle   Apr-27-09 04:24 PM   #8 
     - Recent geologic discoveries  Warpy   Apr-27-09 04:36 PM   #10 
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  - It may block navigation.  HereSince1628   Apr-27-09 04:45 PM   #11 
  - Here's some info  caraher   Apr-28-09 07:20 AM   #12 
  - Excellent, thank you!  TechBear_Seattle   Apr-28-09 08:03 AM   #13 
  - To expand on this a bit  TechBear_Seattle   Apr-29-09 03:08 PM   #14 
  - I think the tsunami is the most credible bit of your scenario  muriel_volestrangler   Apr-30-09 05:10 AM   #15 
     - In my future history, the WAIS begins to break up about 10 years earlier  TechBear_Seattle   Apr-30-09 08:40 AM   #16 
        - I don't think the tsunami would be funneled through the Bering Strait  muriel_volestrangler   Apr-30-09 10:26 AM   #17 
  - its going to happen sooner then you think  ensho   May-03-09 10:45 AM   #18 
 

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