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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the Antarctic ice cap contains some 6,300,000 cubic miles of water. Estimatehow much the sea level would rise if this ice cap melted ?

OpenStudy (jamesj):

Let S be the surface area of the oceans and W = volume of Antarctic ice cap. Then the oceans will rise by approximately W/S An estimate of S is S = 3.6×10^8 km^2 Now you just need to be careful of units.

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