Recently there have been many news reports concerning global warming, some of 
which have discussed the melting of huge amounts of glacial ice from the poles 
and high mountain ranges. Often, there is also mention of the fact that the 
actual global temperature has risen very little. What I haven't seen is anyone 
putting the two together. The same as in a buffered chemical or physiological 
system, I feel that the vast amount of ice in place on the earth is acting as a 
buffer. The same way that external measurements of a buffered chemical reaction 
will change very little despite radical changes within the system, I feel that 
the measured average temperature of the earth can be expected to change 
relatively little due to the absorption by the glacial ice of tremendous 
amounts of heat as it melts. In addition to all the potential problems caused 
by this melting ice on sea level, changes of sea water salinity, and sea water 
temperature, one may expect to see dramatic changes in global temperature once 
this buffer is exhausted. Let us not be mislead by assumptions that the earth 
might only see up to ten degrees of change. I don't think anyone has much of a 
clue as to the actual amount of heat that is being produced and absorbed into 
the ice. Once the ice is gone, we might really start cooking around here.

Derek
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