Archive for October, 2009

Where Can I Find A Map Of The United States After The Ice Caps Melt And The Sea Levels Rise?

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

There’s a map in the link below. However, it doesn’t show Alaska and Hawaii.
You’ll see that most of Florida and many other areas in the southeast will be underwater. If all of the ice caps melted, the oceans would rise 215 feet. Since the mean elevation of the United States is about 2500, most of the United States will still be dry. In fact, 21 states would be completely high and dry, as their lowest elevation is greater than 215 feet.
Colorado 3,350 feet, lowest point
Wyoming 3,099
New Mexico 2,842
Utah 2,000
Montana 1,800
South Dakota 966
Nebraska 840
North Dakota 750
Idaho 710
Kansas 679
Minnesota 600
Wisconsin 579
Michigan 572
Iowa 480
Nevada 479
Ohio 455
Indiana 320
Oklahoma 289
Illinois 279
Kentucky 257
West Virginia 240
Missouri 230
Some things to note: ice has been melting for 18,000 years, as we are still coming out of the last ice age. At the peak of the ice age, ice volume was ~80,000,000 km3. It is now ~30,000,000 km3. So, it has taken 18,000 years to melt to melt ~50,000,000 km3 of ice. And, it would take thousands of years more to melt the remaining ~30,000,000 km3 of ice, especially when you consider most of the ice is at the very cold south pole.
By the way, the melting of this ice over the past 18,000 years has been NATURAL. In fact, at times during the past 18,000 years, the rate of ice melting has been much greater than it is now.

Map Of Europe In 1750?

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Does anybody know of a map of countries in Europe in 1750?