When the topic of climate change comes up, a common refrain is that the melting of icebergs is going to drown us all. This is not true. Even if every iceberg in the world melted, we wouldn’t notice the difference. Archimedes’ Principle states that an object which displaces a fluid (i.e. a liquid or a gas) … Continue reading Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Melting Icebergs