Guest guest Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 not sure wot you mean here first off..ice bergs are free of salt..(you can't freeze salt..when sea water freezes, it basically exudes its salt) there have been plans to tow an iceberg down some coastline..but..ridiculously expensive and other hazards and..yes..thats the point, with the meltin of the polar ice caps, coastlines all over the world will be inundated...and heaven forbid you live on an island.... rvijay07 Jan 17, 2005 2:47 PM Confusion: Ice Bergs/Water. Fraggle:If ice bergs melt in the OCeans, then wouldn't the water still be saline ? How does this mean more drinking water ? Rather big ice bergs melting sounds like trouble for coastlines.What are your opinions on this ?Vijay To send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > Scientists are saying that the breaking apart of ice bergs means more drinking water. The way I see it is, icebergs can be free of salt, however, when they melt, they again melt into the sea. Unless they are towed to fresh water, how can this mean more drinking water ? Rather this seems to cause problems. Vijay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 I think this is solved. Breaking glaciers means also melting snow caps on mountains and hence more drinking water. Vijay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 wot scientists are saying that? thats patently ridiculous... if the polar ice caps melt..the melted ice will just enter the ocean..and..bing..salt water... rvijay07 Jan 17, 2005 3:50 PM Re: Confusion: Ice Bergs/Water. , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote:>Scientists are saying that the breaking apart of ice bergs means more drinking water. The way I see it is, icebergs can be free of salt, however, when they melt, they again melt into the sea. Unless they are towed to fresh water, how can this mean more drinking water ?Rather this seems to cause problems.VijayTo send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 ah..glaciers thats also patently false.... melting glaciers means less drinking water... glaciers normally melt slowly and release a steady stream into ground water, streams, rivers, etc if they melt suddenly and then are gone... well..guess wot..no more recharging of ground water supplies..no more run off into streams and rivers... rvijay07 Jan 17, 2005 4:50 PM Re: Confusion: Ice Bergs/Water. I think this is solved. Breaking glaciers means also melting snow caps on mountains and hence more drinking water.VijayTo send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote: > If local aquifiers are running low then fast melting Glaciers will remplenish them. They will be stored below for longer. Vijay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2005 Report Share Posted January 19, 2005 doesn't work that way aquifers take years, decades, er longer to replinish... if the glaciers melt quickly a lot of it will just run off into the sea... and once the glaciers are gone, not like they are gonna come back tomorrow..they took thousands of years to build up... here in the west, on a similar note, if it rains, thats all well and good, but, most of the water we use comes from snow melt in the sierra..if we get a bad snow pack, we instantly go into drought mode...even if it rains here.... rvijay07 Jan 18, 2005 4:01 PM Re: Confusion: Ice Bergs/Water. , fraggle <EBbrewpunx@e...> wrote:>If local aquifiers are running low then fast melting Glaciers will remplenish them. They will be stored below for longer.VijayTo send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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