>Of course you can have 1 M Kg underwater, if the block is bigger than 1 M Kg (as I stated)
Of course, you can repeat all the calculations for a bigger ice block. You would still get the same result, namely, that it doesn't make a difference, in the water level, if floating ice melts.
>Fine. Now we know the amount that makes the "tip of the iceberg" - 0.09? (smaller than I thought)
I have seen different figures on this one... It might depend on saltiness, among others. I assume my physics book gave the figures for pure water. But you can repeat the calculations for any other density.
>If that's the definitive answer then problem solved. So what you're saying is:
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"If the ice caps melt the sea level won't rise"?
It won't rise or sink, if you make the very unrealistic assumption that all the melting ice was floating on the sea in the first place.
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