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Andre Andre is offline
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Default Help w/physics problem

Gordon wrote:
Al Gore told me that global warming was causing the arctic ice cap to
melt and the ocean is going to rise 20 feet.
Last night I mixed a drink in a tall glass with lots of ice. I left it
sit too long and the ice melted but the glass did NOT overflow. In fact
the liquid level was the same!
What's wrong here? (besides ruining a perfectly good drink)
Thanks
Gordon


You're right for the ice, but the problem is the temperature rising, the
volume of water will increase of .2% per degree F. So if temperature of
the water increase of 5 F it will result of a 1% global increase.

Sorry if i did some mistakes, i'm french speaking.

Andre