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CitizenBushido · 10-21-2005, 09:53 AM

What would America look like if the icecaps melted and the water level rose 10 feet?
I've been looking for pictures of what the earth would look like if the polar icecaps melted. I've look all over the Internet and I still cant find anything, so I'm hoping that someone here will be able to point me in the right direction. I know that there are scientific maps out there of what the earth would look like if the icecaps slowly melted and the water table rose.
Do you rember the opening scean in the movie Waterworld? It showed exactly what I was looking for.

sentinel00 · 10-21-2005, 10:17 AM

You saw Waterworld?

MarcelLionheart · 10-21-2005, 10:32 AM

Seriously, who the hell watched that movie. And, off to S&S, btw.

Plognark · 10-21-2005, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MarcelLionheart

Seriously, who the hell watched that movie. And, off to S&S, btw.

I did :crying:

Amen-Moses · 10-21-2005, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by CitizenBushido

What would America look like if the icecaps melted and the water level rose 10 feet?
I've been looking for pictures of what the earth would look like if the polar icecaps melted. I've look all over the Internet and I still cant find anything, so I'm hoping that someone here will be able to point me in the right direction. I know that there are scientific maps out there of what the earth would look like if the icecaps slowly melted and the water table rose.
Do you rember the opening scean in the movie Waterworld? It showed exactly what I was looking for.

10 feet! Try 150 feet! That's where we'll be at if the Antarctic ice cap melted. The arctic sheets could all melt with hardly any difference to sea levels but the Antarctic contains more water than all the lakes and inland seas of the world combined several times over.

If you want to see the effect on the US just get a map and colour in the low lying areas blue, like Florida and much of the southern states, most of California, Michigan etc.

Amen-Moses

Phishfood · 10-21-2005, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Plognark

I did :crying:

me too. and i LIKED it!

drewjmore · 10-21-2005, 11:06 AM

mmmmm....Jeanne Tripplehorne.......WET!!

And what a ship! The cat' that the mariner lived on was cooler than (the) K.I.T.T. of Knight Rider fame...

On the science topic-- you really can't cover the entire land-mass in water. For one thing-- although it takes a bit of imagination to visualize-- the deep ocean floor is 'depressed' by the mass of water above it, which contributes to a hydrostatic (and an attendant 'magma-static') 'lift' to the continents.

Another thing: I am approx. 700 feet above sea level in Northern Illinois, USA. Got that much water?

Now in an ice-age some fair percentage of seawater is converted to snow-'n'-ice on the continents. The removes some of the wieght from the seabed, and puts it on top of the 'floating' bodies...

Splarnst · 10-21-2005, 11:14 AM

Try this: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings/waterworld/

I know that I would be underwater!

skepticalbip · 10-21-2005, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by CitizenBushido

What would America look like if the icecaps melted and the water level rose 10 feet?
I've been looking for pictures of what the earth would look like if the polar icecaps melted. I've look all over the Internet and I still cant find anything, so I'm hoping that someone here will be able to point me in the right direction. I know that there are scientific maps out there of what the earth would look like if the icecaps slowly melted and the water table rose.
Do you rember the opening scean in the movie Waterworld? It showed exactly what I was looking for.

Is this what you are looking for?
Following map from:
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/envi...aterworld.html

markd · 10-21-2005, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Phishfood

me too. and i LIKED it!

Me too...screw you guys.

10-21-2005, 09:53 AM	#1
CitizenBushido Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montgomery, PA Posts: 85	Maps of the earth being coverd with water. Waterworld.. What would America look like if the icecaps melted and the water level rose 10 feet? I've been looking for pictures of what the earth would look like if the polar icecaps melted. I've look all over the Internet and I still cant find anything, so I'm hoping that someone here will be able to point me in the right direction. I know that there are scientific maps out there of what the earth would look like if the icecaps slowly melted and the water table rose. Do you rember the opening scean in the movie Waterworld? It showed exactly what I was looking for.

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10-21-2005, 10:17 AM	#2
sentinel00 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Mayor of Terminus Posts: 7,616	You saw Waterworld?

10-21-2005, 10:32 AM	#3
MarcelLionheart Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London, England Posts: 2,910	Seriously, who the hell watched that movie. And, off to S&S, btw.

10-21-2005, 11:06 AM	#7
drewjmore Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Close to Chicago, closer to Joliet Posts: 1,593	mmmmm....Jeanne Tripplehorne.......WET!! And what a ship! The cat' that the mariner lived on was cooler than (the) K.I.T.T. of Knight Rider fame... On the science topic-- you really can't cover the entire land-mass in water. For one thing-- although it takes a bit of imagination to visualize-- the deep ocean floor is 'depressed' by the mass of water above it, which contributes to a hydrostatic (and an attendant 'magma-static') 'lift' to the continents. Another thing: I am approx. 700 feet above sea level in Northern Illinois, USA. Got that much water? Now in an ice-age some fair percentage of seawater is converted to snow-'n'-ice on the continents. The removes some of the wieght from the seabed, and puts it on top of the 'floating' bodies...

10-21-2005, 11:14 AM	#8
Splarnst Contributor Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 13,161	Try this: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warnings/waterworld/ I know that I would be underwater!

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