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Originally Posted by ntluser
Just as an aside, what happens if the stable ice caps do melt and instead of being fixed at the poles as ice the resultant melt water flows about over the earth's surface?
Will this have implications for the tilt and spinning of the Earth?
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Not as far as I understand it. I think I read that instabilities like that would be resolved internally, and result in more crustal bulging as a consequence.... There is some evidence to support crustal slippage in the past, but theories for such slippage lent towards impacts by astroids/comets. Rather than melting ice caps....