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Re:Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise... by umvi on Monday October 21, 2019 @10:58AM (#21312989)
Sure, but even now the analogy is not great because the melting part has nothing to do with it.

In other words, if you drop an ice cube into a cup of water, it will either immediately overflow or it will never overflow. The melting part has nothing to do with whether it will overflow. If the snow on the roof melts -> the cup overflows

I think a better analogy is a cup sitting at the drain pipe of a rain gutter and the roof is covered with snow.

Re:Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise... by MR4D on Monday October 21, 2019 @02:13PM (#21315400)
I think you missed a word in my comment.... "a full cup".
Re:Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise... by umvi on Monday October 21, 2019 @04:50PM (#21317198)
No I understood, but at that point it doesn't matter if it is ice or not. You could drop rocks into a full cup and it would overflow
Re:Antarctic ice cliffs may not contribute to sea-level rise... by MR4D on Monday October 21, 2019 @05:43PM (#21317778)
Ahhh - now I see what you mean. Yes, that's a better analogy.