Global Sea Ice Tanks

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I Think
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Re: Global Sea Ice Tanks

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Logic tells me that bigger, more frequent calving = receding glaciers.
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You actually get less calving with shrinking glaciers because they melt back away from the ocean.
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That makes sense, once they have shrunk away from the ocean.
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Map of Vancouver, with rise in ocean level.
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http://spatialities.com/2014/09/30/vancouver-archipelago/
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Vancouver, after the ice melts.
Vancouver, after the ice melts.
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