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foodtower t1_jboh00u wrote

The vast majority of Antarctica's ice is above sea level, and its average thickness is over is above 2 km: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_ice_sheet

That's a lot of water that is currently above the ocean, that would be added to the ocean.

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[deleted] t1_jboraft wrote

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JAWMerlin t1_jbotgqs wrote

You do realise that those 2 km of ice have weight and that they aren't just a wall around Antarctica but cover the entire continent, right?

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