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@VoterIDPuddingGreenComments5mos ago

Actually geologist can tell the sea levels were much higher during the last interglacial period. Which indicates it was warmer.

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  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…5mos5MO

Here's a basic fact for you – water, when it is frozen into ice, EXPANDS. Ice, when it melts, DETRACTS. ICE TAKES UP MORE SPACE THAN LIQUID. Try it at home, freeze a half-filled cup of water and see if it expands, I can guarantee it will, and then watch it detract as it melts. Therefore, if the world was truly getting warmer and the ice caps were melting, the sea level would be GOING DOWN rather than up.

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…5mos5MO

Yes, but the issue with this EXTREMELY common argument is that one does not account for the increased or decreased salinity of the water.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…5mos5MO

Does it need to? As far as I was concerned, we were talking about rising sea levels, not the specific properties of water! And the salinity, unlike the sea level, is not a metric that can rise or fall all over the world at once, it's a very area-specific thing that is vastly different in different parts of the world.

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