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cutelyaware t1_iuqkhuf wrote

Reply to comment by xxdotell in TIL that one third of sea level rise is from thermal expansion (not melting ice) by on_surfaces

Warming ice makes it contract

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CarelessHisser t1_iuqnulf wrote

Relative to displacement the expansion of the ocean is much greater than the contraction from ice. Especially with how much ice we've lost so far.

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cutelyaware t1_iuqpzzc wrote

You miss the point. I'm saying that not all physical objects expanded when heated, which you should have learned in high school physics or chemistry.

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