Re: Superman

From: Hamie (hamish_at_travellingkiwi.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:02:17 +0100
To: Alan Adrian <ara__@SPAMNOT.wanadoo.nl>

Alan Adrian wrote:
> Ian M wrote:
>
>>What's under the ice at the south pole? NO BUGS!?
>>
>>Lake Vostok, under 4km of ice, may be the only natural sterile body of
>>water on the planet.
>>
>
>
> And then again, it may be teaming with life... I know of a few Planetary
> scientists who hope so anyways...
>
> One other thing to say about sea levels... warm stuff takes up more space
> than cool stuff... so as the oceans get warmer, they take up more room...
> That is a considerable portion of the projected sea level rise.
>

This might be late news for you, but ICE takes up MORE room than
water... That's why it floats. Water expands at les sthan 4C because it
forms crystals.

If you melt ice, it takes up LESS room...

> Al...
>
>

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